diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index dfafe3fc3e8e..42021083f669 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -1663,13 +1663,12 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
 
     metadataManager.start(configuration);
 
+    startSecretManagerIfNecessary();
     // Start Ratis services
     if (omRatisServer != null) {
       omRatisServer.start();
     }
 
-    startSecretManagerIfNecessary();
-
     upgradeFinalizer.runPrefinalizeStateActions(omStorage, this);
     Integer layoutVersionInDB = getLayoutVersionInDB();
     if (layoutVersionInDB == null ||