diff --git a/tests/ci/tools/freebsdci b/tests/ci/tools/freebsdci
index 7b4ce9669ab2..51bd19e2967d 100755
--- a/tests/ci/tools/freebsdci
+++ b/tests/ci/tools/freebsdci
@@ -1,109 +1,110 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeBSD Foundation
 #
 # This software was developed by Cybermancer Infosec <bofh@FreeBSD.org>
 # under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
 #
 # PROVIDE: freebsdci
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN FILESYSTEMS
 # KEYWORD: firstboot
 
 # This script is used to run the firstboot CI tests on the first boot of a
 # FreeBSD image. It is automatically disabled after the first boot.
 #
 # The script will run the firstboot CI tests and then shut down the system.
 # The tests are run in the foreground so that the system can shut down
 # immediately after the tests are finished.
 #
 # Default test types are full and smoke.  To run only the smoke tests, set
 # freebsdci_type="smoke" in /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf.
 # To run only the full tests, set freebsdci_type="full" in
 # /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf.
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
-: ${freebsdci_enable:="NO"}
-: ${freebsdci_type:="full"}
-
 name="freebsdci"
 desc="Run FreeBSD CI"
 rcvar=freebsdci_enable
 start_cmd="firstboot_ci_run"
 stop_cmd=":"
 os_arch=$(uname -p)
 parallelism=$(nproc)
 tardev=/dev/vtbd1
 metadir=/meta
 istar=$(file -s ${tardev} | grep "POSIX tar archive" | wc -l)
 
+load_rc_config $name
+: ${freebsdci_enable:="NO"}
+: ${freebsdci_type:="full"}
+PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+
 auto_shutdown()
 {
 	# NOTE: Currently RISC-V kernels lack the ability to
 	#      make qemu exit on shutdown. Reboot instead;
 	#      it makes qemu exit too.
 	case "$os_arch" in
 		riscv64)
 			shutdown -r now
 		;;
 		*)
 			shutdown -p now
 		;;
 	esac
 }
 
 smoke_tests()
 {
 	echo
 	echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
 	echo "BOOT sequence COMPLETED"
 	echo "INITIATING system SHUTDOWN"
 	echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
 }
 
 full_tests()
 {
 	echo
 	echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
 	echo "BOOT sequence COMPLETED"
 	echo "TEST sequence STARTED"
 	if [ "${istar}" -eq 1 ]; then
 		rm -fr ${metadir}
 		mkdir -p ${metadir}
 		tar xvf ${tardev} -C ${metadir}
 		cd /usr/tests
 		set +e
 		kyua -v parallelism=${parallelism} test
 		rc=$?
 		set -e
 		if [ ${rc} -ne 0 ] && [ ${rc} -ne 1 ]; then
 			exit ${rc}
 		fi
 		kyua report --verbose --results-filter passed,skipped,xfail,broken,failed --output test-report.txt
 		kyua report-junit --output=test-report.xml
 		mv test-report.* /${metadir}
 		tar cvf ${tardev} -C ${metadir} .
 	else
 		echo "ERROR: no device with POSIX tar archive format found."
 		# Don't shutdown because this is not run in unattended mode
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	echo "TEST sequence COMPLETED"
 	echo "INITIATING system SHUTDOWN"
 	echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
 }
 
 firstboot_ci_run()
 {
 	if [ "$freebsdci_type" = "smoke" ]; then
 		smoke_tests
 	elif [ "$freebsdci_type" = "full" ]; then
 		full_tests
 	fi
 	auto_shutdown
 }
 
-load_rc_config $name
 run_rc_command "$1"