diff --git a/packages/form-core/src/registration/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js b/packages/form-core/src/registration/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
index e288897df..c5dfda081 100644
--- a/packages/form-core/src/registration/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
+++ b/packages/form-core/src/registration/FormRegistrarPortalMixin.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
         if (super.connectedCallback) {
           super.connectedCallback();
         }
-        this.__checkRegistrationTarget();
 
         formRegistrarManager.add(this);
         if (this.__hasBeenRendered) {
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ export const FormRegistrarPortalMixin = dedupeMixin(
       }
 
       firstUpdated(changedProperties) {
+        this.__checkRegistrationTarget();
         super.firstUpdated(changedProperties);
         this.__resolveRegistrationReady();
         this.__readyForRegistration = true;
diff --git a/packages/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js b/packages/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
index b33cb1bdf..566e00fe4 100644
--- a/packages/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
+++ b/packages/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
@@ -203,17 +203,9 @@ export class LionSelectRich extends ScopedElementsMixin(
     this.__hasInitialSelectedFormElement = false;
     this.hasNoDefaultSelected = false;
     this._repropagationRole = 'choice-group'; // configures FormControlMixin
-    this.__setupEventListeners();
     this.__initInteractionStates();
   }
 
-  connectedCallback() {
-    this._listboxNode.registrationTarget = this;
-    if (super.connectedCallback) {
-      super.connectedCallback();
-    }
-  }
-
   disconnectedCallback() {
     if (super.disconnectedCallback) {
       super.disconnectedCallback();
@@ -233,6 +225,8 @@ export class LionSelectRich extends ScopedElementsMixin(
 
     this.__setupInvokerNode();
     this.__setupListboxNode();
+    this.__setupEventListeners();
+    this._listboxNode.registrationTarget = this;
 
     formRegistrarManager.addEventListener('all-forms-open-for-registration', () => {
       // Now that we have rendered + registered our listbox, try setting the user defined modelValue again