diff --git a/cmd/notification.go b/cmd/notification.go
index 4bbd966db..aa7014fd9 100644
--- a/cmd/notification.go
+++ b/cmd/notification.go
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) DeleteBucketMetadata(ctx context.Context, bucketName
 }
 
 // Loads notification policies for all buckets into NotificationSys.
-func (sys *NotificationSys) load(buckets []BucketInfo, objAPI ObjectLayer) error {
+func (sys *NotificationSys) load(buckets []BucketInfo) error {
 	for _, bucket := range buckets {
 		ctx := logger.SetReqInfo(GlobalContext, &logger.ReqInfo{BucketName: bucket.Name})
 		config, err := globalBucketMetadataSys.GetNotificationConfig(bucket.Name)
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) Init(ctx context.Context, buckets []BucketInfo, objA
 		}
 	}()
 
-	go logger.LogIf(ctx, sys.load(buckets, objAPI))
+	go logger.LogIf(ctx, sys.load(buckets))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index a5e381f1c..34637f234 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ func initAllSubsystems(ctx context.Context, newObject ObjectLayer) (err error) {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unable to initialize config, some features may be missing %w", err))
 	}
 
+	// Once the config is fully loaded, initialize the new object layer.
+	globalObjLayerMutex.Lock()
+	globalObjectAPI = newObject
+	globalObjLayerMutex.Unlock()
+
 	// Initialize IAM store
 	globalIAMSys.InitStore(newObject)
 
@@ -501,11 +506,6 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Once the config is fully loaded, initialize the new object layer.
-	globalObjLayerMutex.Lock()
-	globalObjectAPI = newObject
-	globalObjLayerMutex.Unlock()
-
 	// Initialize users credentials and policies in background right after config has initialized.
 	go globalIAMSys.Init(GlobalContext, newObject)