diff --git a/src/virtManager/domain.py b/src/virtManager/domain.py
index b3faad4e5..381dc13c3 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/domain.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/domain.py
@@ -1627,10 +1627,10 @@ class vmmDomainVirtinst(vmmDomainBase):
     def hotplug_both_mem(self, memory, maxmem):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-vmmLibvirtObject.type_register(vmmDomainVirtinst)
-
 vmmLibvirtObject.type_register(vmmDomainBase)
 vmmDomainBase.signal_new(vmmDomainBase, "status-changed", [int, int])
 vmmDomainBase.signal_new(vmmDomainBase, "resources-sampled", [])
 
+vmmLibvirtObject.type_register(vmmDomainVirtinst)
+
 vmmLibvirtObject.type_register(vmmDomain)