diff --git a/framework/yii/base/Application.php b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
index 5de7969..c871548 100644
--- a/framework/yii/base/Application.php
+++ b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ abstract class Application extends Module
 	 * @event ActionEvent an event raised after executing a controller action.
 	 */
 	const EVENT_AFTER_ACTION = 'afterAction';
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string the namespace that controller classes are in. If not set,
+	 * it will use the "app\controllers" namespace.
+	 */
+	public $controllerNamespace = 'app\\controllers';
+
 	/**
 	 * @var string the application name.
 	 */
@@ -140,10 +147,6 @@ abstract class Application extends Module
 		$this->registerCoreComponents();
 
 		Component::__construct($config);
-
-		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
-			$this->controllerNamespace = 'app\\controllers';
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/framework/yii/base/Module.php b/framework/yii/base/Module.php
index 0e5c592..996d0f2 100644
--- a/framework/yii/base/Module.php
+++ b/framework/yii/base/Module.php
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ abstract class Module extends Component
 	 * it will use the "controllers" sub-namespace under the namespace of this module.
 	 * For example, if the namespace of this module is "foo\bar", then the default
 	 * controller namespace would be "foo\bar\controllers".
-	 * If the module is an application, it will default to "app\controllers".
 	 */
 	public $controllerNamespace;
 	/**
@@ -127,9 +126,9 @@ abstract class Module extends Component
 	 */
 	public function __construct($id, $parent = null, $config = [])
 	{
+		parent::__construct($config);
 		$this->id = $id;
 		$this->module = $parent;
-		parent::__construct($config);
 		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
 			$class = get_class($this);
 			if (($pos = strrpos($class, '\\')) !== false) {