diff --git a/framework/yii/base/Application.php b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
index 55258ee..11abfd6 100644
--- a/framework/yii/base/Application.php
+++ b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ abstract class Application extends Module
 		$this->registerCoreComponents();
 
 		Component::__construct($config);
+
+		$this->preloadComponents();
+		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
+			$this->controllerNamespace = 'app\\controllers';
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -172,20 +177,6 @@ abstract class Application extends Module
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Initializes the application.
-	 * This method is called after the application is created and initialized with property values
-	 * given in configuration.
-	 */
-	public function init()
-	{
-		$this->preloadComponents();
-		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
-			$this->controllerNamespace = 'app\\controllers';
-		}
-	}
-
-
-	/**
 	 * Loads components that are declared in [[preload]].
 	 * @throws InvalidConfigException if a component or module to be preloaded is unknown
 	 */
diff --git a/framework/yii/base/Module.php b/framework/yii/base/Module.php
index a03fd83..a7aa387 100644
--- a/framework/yii/base/Module.php
+++ b/framework/yii/base/Module.php
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ abstract class Module extends Component
 		$this->id = $id;
 		$this->module = $parent;
 		parent::__construct($config);
+		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
+			$class = get_class($this);
+			if (($pos = strrpos($class, '\\')) !== false) {
+				$this->controllerNamespace = substr($class, 0, $pos) . '\\controllers';
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -173,12 +179,6 @@ abstract class Module extends Component
 	public function init()
 	{
 		$this->preloadComponents();
-		if ($this->controllerNamespace === null) {
-			$class = get_class($this);
-			if (($pos = strrpos($class, '\\')) !== false) {
-				$this->controllerNamespace = substr($class, 0, $pos) . '\\controllers';
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**