diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
index f6a3d8386f..f7ab825696 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
@@ -3120,7 +3120,7 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements DirectlyModifiableTopLeve
             });
         }
 
-        g.requires(JOB_LOADED).add("Cleaning up obsolete items deleted from the disk", new Executable() {
+        g.requires(JOB_LOADED).attains(COMPLETED).add("Cleaning up obsolete items deleted from the disk", new Executable() {
             public void run(Reactor reactor) throws Exception {
                 // anything we didn't load from disk, throw them away.
                 // doing this after loading from disk allows newly loaded items
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements DirectlyModifiableTopLeve
             }
         });
 
-        g.requires(JOB_LOADED).add("Finalizing set up",new Executable() {
+        g.requires(JOB_LOADED).attains(COMPLETED).add("Finalizing set up",new Executable() {
             public void run(Reactor session) throws Exception {
                 rebuildDependencyGraph();