diff --git a/bootloader/x1000.c b/bootloader/x1000.c
index 1c9f3cd2fa..bc56b8f822 100644
--- a/bootloader/x1000.c
+++ b/bootloader/x1000.c
@@ -56,43 +56,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-/* Flags to indicate if hardware was already initialized */
-bool usb_inited = false;
-
-/* Set to true if a SYS_USB_CONNECTED event is seen
- * Set to false if a SYS_USB_DISCONNECTED event is seen */
-bool is_usb_connected = false;
-
-void init_usb(void)
-{
-    if(usb_inited)
-        return;
-
-    usb_init();
-    usb_start_monitoring();
-    usb_inited = true;
-}
-
-void usb_mode(void)
-{
-    init_usb();
-
-    if(!is_usb_connected)
-        splash2(0, "Waiting for USB", "Press " BL_QUIT_NAME " to go back");
-
-    while(!is_usb_connected)
-        if(get_button(TIMEOUT_BLOCK) == BL_QUIT)
-            return;
-
-    splash(0, "USB mode");
-    usb_acknowledge(SYS_USB_CONNECTED_ACK);
-
-    while(is_usb_connected)
-        get_button(TIMEOUT_BLOCK);
-
-    splash(3*HZ, "USB disconnected");
-}
-
 void main(void)
 {
     system_init();
@@ -110,6 +73,9 @@ void main(void)
 
     filesystem_init();
 
+    usb_init();
+    usb_start_monitoring();
+
     /* It's OK if this doesn't mount anything. Any disk access should
      * be guarded by a call to check_disk() to see if the disk is really
      * present, blocking with an "insert SD card" prompt if appropriate. */
diff --git a/bootloader/x1000/recovery.c b/bootloader/x1000/recovery.c
index 809bd6578a..4d806b26a4 100644
--- a/bootloader/x1000/recovery.c
+++ b/bootloader/x1000/recovery.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include "kernel.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
-extern void usb_mode(void);
-
 enum {
     MENUITEM_HEADING,
     MENUITEM_ACTION,
diff --git a/bootloader/x1000/utils.c b/bootloader/x1000/utils.c
index f4dbac4c5e..56ac6d1fff 100644
--- a/bootloader/x1000/utils.c
+++ b/bootloader/x1000/utils.c
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 #include "storage.h"
 #include "button.h"
 #include "kernel.h"
+#include "usb.h"
+
+/* Set to true if a SYS_USB_CONNECTED event is seen
+ * Set to false if a SYS_USB_DISCONNECTED event is seen
+ * Handled by the gui code since that's how events are delivered
+ * TODO: this is an ugly kludge */
+bool is_usb_connected = false;
 
 /* this is both incorrect and incredibly racy... */
 int check_disk(bool wait)
@@ -43,3 +50,21 @@ int check_disk(bool wait)
 
     return DISK_PRESENT;
 }
+
+void usb_mode(void)
+{
+    if(!is_usb_connected)
+        splash2(0, "Waiting for USB", "Press " BL_QUIT_NAME " to cancel");
+
+    while(!is_usb_connected)
+        if(get_button(TIMEOUT_BLOCK) == BL_QUIT)
+            return;
+
+    splash(0, "USB mode");
+    usb_acknowledge(SYS_USB_CONNECTED_ACK);
+
+    while(is_usb_connected)
+        get_button(TIMEOUT_BLOCK);
+
+    splash(3*HZ, "USB disconnected");
+}
diff --git a/bootloader/x1000/x1000bootloader.h b/bootloader/x1000/x1000bootloader.h
index bb35cd3b78..60353e59fd 100644
--- a/bootloader/x1000/x1000bootloader.h
+++ b/bootloader/x1000/x1000bootloader.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 int check_disk(bool wait);
+void usb_mode(void);
 
 void recovery_menu(void) __attribute__((noreturn));