diff --git a/modules/editor/evil/init.el b/modules/editor/evil/init.el
index 1cee4dd95..cbbdf6e9a 100644
--- a/modules/editor/evil/init.el
+++ b/modules/editor/evil/init.el
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ and complains if a module is loaded too early (during startup)."
       (with-demoted-errors "evil-collection error: %s"
         (evil-collection-init (list module)))))
 
+  (defadvice! +evil-collection-disable-blacklist-a (orig-fn)
+    :around #'evil-collection-vterm-toggle-send-escape  ; allow binding to ESC
+    (let (evil-collection-key-blacklist)
+      (funcall-interactively orig-fn)))
+
   ;; These modes belong to packages that Emacs always loads at startup, causing
   ;; evil-collection to load immediately. We avoid this by loading them after
   ;; evil-collection has first loaded...
@@ -245,34 +250,30 @@ and complains if a module is loaded too early (during startup)."
 
     (mapc #'+evil-collection-init '(comint custom help)))
 
-  (defadvice! +evil-collection-disable-blacklist-a (orig-fn)
-    :around #'evil-collection-vterm-toggle-send-escape  ; allow binding to ESC
-    (let (evil-collection-key-blacklist)
-      (funcall-interactively orig-fn)))
-
   ;; ...or on first invokation of their associated major/minor modes.
-  (add-transient-hook! 'Buffer-menu-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init '(buff-menu "buff-menu")))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'image-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init 'image))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'emacs-lisp-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init 'elisp-mode))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'occur-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init '(occur replace)))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'minibuffer-setup-hook
-    (when evil-collection-setup-minibuffer
-      (+evil-collection-init 'minibuffer)
-      (evil-collection-minibuffer-insert)))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'process-menu-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init '(process-menu simple)))
-  (add-transient-hook! 'xwidget-webkit-mode
-    (+evil-collection-init 'xwidget))
+  (after! evil
+    (add-transient-hook! 'Buffer-menu-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init '(buff-menu "buff-menu")))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'image-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init 'image))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'emacs-lisp-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init 'elisp-mode))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'occur-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init '(occur replace)))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'minibuffer-setup-hook
+      (when evil-collection-setup-minibuffer
+        (+evil-collection-init 'minibuffer)
+        (evil-collection-minibuffer-insert)))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'process-menu-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init '(process-menu simple)))
+    (add-transient-hook! 'xwidget-webkit-mode
+      (+evil-collection-init 'xwidget))
 
-  ;; HACK Do this ourselves because evil-collection break's `eval-after-load'
-  ;;      load order by loading their target plugin before applying keys. This
-  ;;      makes it hard for end-users to overwrite these keybinds with a
-  ;;      simple `after!' or `with-eval-after-load'.
-  (dolist (mode evil-collection-mode-list)
-    (dolist (req (or (cdr-safe mode) (list mode)))
-      (with-eval-after-load req
-        (+evil-collection-init mode +evil-collection-disabled-list)))))
+    ;; HACK Do this ourselves because evil-collection break's `eval-after-load'
+    ;;      load order by loading their target plugin before applying keys. This
+    ;;      makes it hard for end-users to overwrite these keybinds with a
+    ;;      simple `after!' or `with-eval-after-load'.
+    (dolist (mode evil-collection-mode-list)
+      (dolist (req (or (cdr-safe mode) (list mode)))
+        (with-eval-after-load req
+          (+evil-collection-init mode +evil-collection-disabled-list))))))