diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index 4817ec110a99e5..7b836b466f5d9c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@
       }
     }
 
+    perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
+
     // There are various modes that Node can run in. The most common two
     // are running from a script and running the REPL - but there are a few
     // others like the debugger or running --eval arguments. Here we decide
@@ -186,7 +188,6 @@
       // To allow people to extend Node in different ways, this hook allows
       // one to drop a file lib/_third_party_main.js into the build
       // directory which will be executed instead of Node's normal loading.
-      perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
       process.nextTick(function() {
         perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_THIRD_PARTY_MAIN_START);
         NativeModule.require('_third_party_main');
@@ -200,13 +201,11 @@
       }
 
       // Start the debugger agent.
-      perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
       process.nextTick(function() {
         NativeModule.require('internal/deps/node-inspect/lib/_inspect').start();
       });
 
     } else if (process.profProcess) {
-      perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
       NativeModule.require('internal/v8_prof_processor');
     } else {
       // There is user code to be run.
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@
           addBuiltinLibsToObject
         } = NativeModule.require('internal/modules/cjs/helpers');
         addBuiltinLibsToObject(global);
-        perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
         evalScript('[eval]');
       } else if (process.argv[1] && process.argv[1] !== '-') {
         perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_MODULE_LOAD_START);
@@ -263,7 +261,6 @@
           checkScriptSyntax(source, filename);
           process.exit(0);
         }
-        perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
         CJSModule.runMain();
       } else {
         perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_MODULE_LOAD_START);
@@ -294,7 +291,6 @@
 
           if (process._eval != null) {
             // User passed '-e' or '--eval'
-            perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
             evalScript('[eval]');
           }
         } else {
@@ -311,14 +307,12 @@
               checkScriptSyntax(code, '[stdin]');
             } else {
               process._eval = code;
-              perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
               evalScript('[stdin]');
             }
           });
         }
       }
     }
-    perf.markMilestone(NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE);
   }
 
   function setupProcessObject() {