diff --git a/ui/src/controller/trace_controller.ts b/ui/src/controller/trace_controller.ts
index 378d731f6f..95b7bc5163 100644
--- a/ui/src/controller/trace_controller.ts
+++ b/ui/src/controller/trace_controller.ts
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ export class TraceController extends Controller<States> {
         ftraceDropUntilAllCpusValid: FTRACE_DROP_UNTIL_FLAG.get(),
       });
     }
-    for (const p of globals.extraSqlPackages) {
-      await engine.registerSqlModules(p);
-    }
     this.engine = engine;
 
     if (isMetatracingEnabled()) {
@@ -491,6 +488,9 @@ export class TraceController extends Controller<States> {
       assertTrue(this.engine instanceof HttpRpcEngine);
       await this.engine.restoreInitialTables();
     }
+    for (const p of globals.extraSqlPackages) {
+      await this.engine.registerSqlModules(p);
+    }
 
     // traceUuid will be '' if the trace is not cacheable (URL or RPC).
     const traceUuid = await this.cacheCurrentTrace();