diff --git a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java
index f429e3dbb57..3fcdf355943 100644
--- a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java
+++ b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.FileNameUtils;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.ExtensionFileFilter;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.cli.CLIModule;
@@ -64,6 +63,8 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Territories;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Utils;
 
+import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
+
 /**
  * Add a validate command to the JOSM command line interface.
  * @author Taylor Smock
@@ -355,9 +356,7 @@ void initialize() {
         Config.setUrlsProvider(JosmUrls.getInstance());
         ProjectionRegistry.setProjection(Projections.getProjectionByCode("epsg:3857".toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)));
 
-        if (Territories.getKnownIso3166Codes().isEmpty()) {
-            Territories.initializeInternalData();
-        }
+        Territories.initializeInternalData(); // There is no current way to check to see if territories is already initialized
         OsmValidator.initialize();
         MapPaintStyles.readFromPreferences();
     }