diff --git a/cmd/config-current.go b/cmd/config-current.go
index 1d4b48c7b..7594d9f6b 100644
--- a/cmd/config-current.go
+++ b/cmd/config-current.go
@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ func lookupConfigs(s config.Config) {
 			logger.AddAuditTarget(http.New(l.Endpoint, loggerUserAgent, string(logger.All), NewCustomHTTPTransport()))
 		}
 	}
+
+	globalConfigTargetList, err = notify.GetNotificationTargets(s, GlobalServiceDoneCh, NewCustomHTTPTransport())
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unable to initialize notification target(s): %w", err))
+	}
 }
 
 // Help - return sub-system level help
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 8c11ffdb4..9740a963c 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/certs"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/pubsub"
 )
 
@@ -137,9 +138,10 @@ var (
 	// globalConfigSys server config system.
 	globalConfigSys *ConfigSys
 
-	globalNotificationSys *NotificationSys
-	globalPolicySys       *PolicySys
-	globalIAMSys          *IAMSys
+	globalNotificationSys  *NotificationSys
+	globalConfigTargetList *event.TargetList
+	globalPolicySys        *PolicySys
+	globalIAMSys           *IAMSys
 
 	globalLifecycleSys *LifecycleSys
 
diff --git a/cmd/notification.go b/cmd/notification.go
index ab6e002d2..0be2fbc38 100644
--- a/cmd/notification.go
+++ b/cmd/notification.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zip"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/config"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/config/notify"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/crypto"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/event"
@@ -589,20 +587,6 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) PutBucketNotification(ctx context.Context, bucketNam
 	}()
 }
 
-// AddNotificationTargetsFromConfig - adds notification targets from server config.
-func (sys *NotificationSys) AddNotificationTargetsFromConfig(cfg config.Config) error {
-	targetList, err := notify.GetNotificationTargets(cfg, GlobalServiceDoneCh, NewCustomHTTPTransport())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, target := range targetList.Targets() {
-		if err = sys.targetList.Add(target); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // AddRemoteTarget - adds event rules map, HTTP/PeerRPC client target to bucket name.
 func (sys *NotificationSys) AddRemoteTarget(bucketName string, target event.Target, rulesMap event.RulesMap) error {
 	if err := sys.targetList.Add(target); err != nil {
@@ -718,6 +702,14 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) Init(buckets []BucketInfo, objAPI ObjectLayer) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if globalConfigTargetList != nil {
+		for _, target := range globalConfigTargetList.Targets() {
+			if err := sys.targetList.Add(target); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(doneCh)
 
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index ec57753f1..531ff5b43 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -227,10 +227,6 @@ func initAllSubsystems(buckets []BucketInfo, newObject ObjectLayer) (err error)
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to initialize config system: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err = globalNotificationSys.AddNotificationTargetsFromConfig(globalServerConfig); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to initialize notification target(s) from config: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if globalEtcdClient != nil {
 		// ****  WARNING ****
 		// Migrating to encrypted backend on etcd should happen before initialization of