diff --git a/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py b/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
index 9b202499b..65791b354 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/latex/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import os
 from os import path
 
-from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.frontend import OptionParser
 
 import sphinx.builders.latex.nodes  # NOQA  # Workaround: import this before writer to avoid ImportError
@@ -41,6 +40,9 @@ from sphinx.writers.latex import (
     ADDITIONAL_SETTINGS, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, LaTeXWriter, LaTeXTranslator
 )
 
+# load docutils.nodes after loading sphinx.builders.latex.nodes
+from docutils import nodes  # NOQA
+
 if False:
     # For type annotation
     from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Tuple, Union  # NOQA