diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Install.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Install.php
index 7977f4347fb..630d61b019f 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Install.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Install.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Install {
 	 * Hook in tabs.
 	 */
 	public static function init() {
-		add_action( 'admin_init', array( __CLASS__, 'check_version' ), 5 );
+		add_action( 'init', array( __CLASS__, 'check_version' ), 5 );
 		add_filter( 'wpmu_drop_tables', array( __CLASS__, 'wpmu_drop_tables' ) );
 
 		// Add wc-admin report tables to list of WooCommerce tables.