diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index a272d7d5298..ce3c657ef46 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ func (s *Server) startServer(ctx context.Context) error {
 		Label:     idAllocLabel,
 		Member:    s.member.MemberValue(),
 	})
+	s.encryptionKeyManager, err = encryption.NewManager(s.client, &s.cfg.Security.Encryption)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	// Initialize an etcd storage as the default storage.
 	defaultStorage := storage.NewStorageWithEtcdBackend(s.client, s.rootPath)
 	// Initialize a specialized LevelDB storage to store the region-related meta info independently.
@@ -487,11 +491,6 @@ func (s *Server) startServer(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.encryptionKeyManager, err = encryption.NewManager(s.client, &s.cfg.Security.Encryption)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	s.gcSafePointManager = gc.NewSafePointManager(s.storage, s.cfg.PDServerCfg)
 	s.basicCluster = core.NewBasicCluster()
 	s.cluster = cluster.NewRaftCluster(ctx, clusterID, s.GetBasicCluster(), s.GetStorage(), syncer.NewRegionSyncer(s), s.client, s.httpClient)