diff --git a/src/core/instance/init.ts b/src/core/instance/init.ts
index 91456c21920..3fdfcf4f0cf 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/init.ts
+++ b/src/core/instance/init.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import config from '../config'
 import { initProxy } from './proxy'
-import { initState } from './state'
+import { initProps, initState } from './state'
 import { initRender } from './render'
 import { initEvents } from './events'
 import { mark, measure } from '../util/perf'
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { extend, mergeOptions, formatComponentName } from '../util/index'
 import type { Component } from 'types/component'
 import type { InternalComponentOptions } from 'types/options'
 import { EffectScope } from 'v3/reactivity/effectScope'
+import { initSetup } from '../../v3/apiSetup'
 
 let uid = 0
 
@@ -59,8 +60,12 @@ export function initMixin(Vue: typeof Component) {
     initLifecycle(vm)
     initEvents(vm)
     initRender(vm)
-    callHook(vm, 'beforeCreate', undefined, false /* setContext */)
+
+    const opts = vm.$options
     initInjections(vm) // resolve injections before data/props
+    initProps(vm, opts.props)
+    initSetup(vm)
+    callHook(vm, 'beforeCreate', undefined, false /* setContext */)
     initState(vm)
     initProvide(vm) // resolve provide after data/props
     callHook(vm, 'created')
diff --git a/src/core/instance/state.ts b/src/core/instance/state.ts
index aedb72555c9..52b23cfd430 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/state.ts
+++ b/src/core/instance/state.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import config from '../config'
 import Watcher from '../observer/watcher'
 import Dep, { pushTarget, popTarget } from '../observer/dep'
 import { isUpdatingChildComponent } from './lifecycle'
-import { initSetup } from 'v3/apiSetup'
 
 import {
   set,
@@ -51,11 +50,6 @@ export function proxy(target: Object, sourceKey: string, key: string) {
 
 export function initState(vm: Component) {
   const opts = vm.$options
-  if (opts.props) initProps(vm, opts.props)
-
-  // Composition API
-  initSetup(vm)
-
   if (opts.methods) initMethods(vm, opts.methods)
   if (opts.data) {
     initData(vm)
@@ -69,7 +63,8 @@ export function initState(vm: Component) {
   }
 }
 
-function initProps(vm: Component, propsOptions: Object) {
+export function initProps(vm: Component, propsOptions: Object | undefined) {
+  if (!propsOptions) return
   const propsData = vm.$options.propsData || {}
   const props = (vm._props = shallowReactive({}))
   // cache prop keys so that future props updates can iterate using Array
diff --git a/test/unit/features/v3/apiSetup.spec.ts b/test/unit/features/v3/apiSetup.spec.ts
index 11757878e9c..21b83769402 100644
--- a/test/unit/features/v3/apiSetup.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/features/v3/apiSetup.spec.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('api: setup context', () => {
     }).$mount()
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
-  
+
   // #12561
   it('setup props should be reactive', () => {
     const msg = ref('hi')
@@ -333,4 +333,30 @@ describe('api: setup context', () => {
     await nextTick()
     expect(_listeners.foo()).toBe(2)
   })
+
+  // #12802
+  it('should be called before all lifecycle hooks', () => {
+    const calls: string[] = []
+
+    Vue.mixin({
+      beforeCreate() {
+        calls.push('global beforeCreate')
+      }
+    })
+
+    new Vue({
+      beforeCreate() {
+        calls.push('component beforeCreate')
+      },
+      setup() {
+        calls.push('setup')
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(calls).toEqual([
+      'setup',
+      'global beforeCreate',
+      'component beforeCreate'
+    ])
+  })
 })