diff --git a/l10n.js b/l10n.js
index 9c46564..99cf572 100644
--- a/l10n.js
+++ b/l10n.js
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ document.webL10n = (function(window, document, undefined) {
 
   // load and parse all resources for the specified locale
   function loadLocale(lang, callback) {
+    gReadyState = 'interactive';
+
     // RFC 4646, section 2.1 states that language tags have to be treated as
     // case-insensitive. Convert to lowercase for case-insensitive comparisons.
     if (lang) {
@@ -339,9 +341,9 @@ document.webL10n = (function(window, document, undefined) {
       } else {
         consoleLog('no resource to load, early way out');
       }
+      gReadyState = 'complete';
       // early way out
       fireL10nReadyEvent(lang);
-      gReadyState = 'complete';
       return;
     }
 
@@ -352,8 +354,8 @@ document.webL10n = (function(window, document, undefined) {
       gResourceCount++;
       if (gResourceCount >= langCount) {
         callback();
-        fireL10nReadyEvent(lang);
         gReadyState = 'complete';
+        fireL10nReadyEvent(lang);
       }
     };
 
@@ -994,8 +996,6 @@ document.webL10n = (function(window, document, undefined) {
 
   // load the default locale on startup
   function l10nStartup() {
-    gReadyState = 'interactive';
-
     // most browsers expose the UI language as `navigator.language'
     // but IE uses `navigator.userLanguage' instead
     var userLocale = navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage;
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ document.webL10n = (function(window, document, undefined) {
     ready: function(callback) {
       if (!callback) {
         return;
-      } else if (gReadyState == 'complete' || gReadyState == 'interactive') {
+      } else if (gReadyState == 'complete') {
         window.setTimeout(function() {
           callback();
         });