diff --git a/programs/server/Server.cpp b/programs/server/Server.cpp
index 915e3e2893f..8a0ce75ca70 100644
--- a/programs/server/Server.cpp
+++ b/programs/server/Server.cpp
@@ -1474,6 +1474,23 @@ int Server::main(const std::vector<std::string> & /*args*/)
     /// try set up encryption. There are some errors in config, error will be printed and server wouldn't start.
     CompressionCodecEncrypted::Configuration::instance().load(config(), "encryption_codecs");
 
+    std::unique_ptr<DNSCacheUpdater> dns_cache_updater;
+    if (config().has("disable_internal_dns_cache") && config().getInt("disable_internal_dns_cache"))
+    {
+        /// Disable DNS caching at all
+        DNSResolver::instance().setDisableCacheFlag();
+        LOG_DEBUG(log, "DNS caching disabled");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /// Initialize a watcher periodically updating DNS cache
+        dns_cache_updater = std::make_unique<DNSCacheUpdater>(
+            global_context, config().getInt("dns_cache_update_period", 15), config().getUInt("dns_max_consecutive_failures", 5));
+    }
+
+    if (dns_cache_updater)
+        dns_cache_updater->start();
+
     SCOPE_EXIT({
         /// Stop reloading of the main config. This must be done before `global_context->shutdown()` because
         /// otherwise the reloading may pass a changed config to some destroyed parts of ContextSharedPart.
@@ -1627,20 +1644,6 @@ int Server::main(const std::vector<std::string> & /*args*/)
         LOG_INFO(log, "Query Profiler and TraceCollector are disabled because they require PHDR cache to be created"
             " (otherwise the function 'dl_iterate_phdr' is not lock free and not async-signal safe).");
 
-    std::unique_ptr<DNSCacheUpdater> dns_cache_updater;
-    if (config().has("disable_internal_dns_cache") && config().getInt("disable_internal_dns_cache"))
-    {
-        /// Disable DNS caching at all
-        DNSResolver::instance().setDisableCacheFlag();
-        LOG_DEBUG(log, "DNS caching disabled");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /// Initialize a watcher periodically updating DNS cache
-        dns_cache_updater = std::make_unique<DNSCacheUpdater>(
-            global_context, config().getInt("dns_cache_update_period", 15), config().getUInt("dns_max_consecutive_failures", 5));
-    }
-
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
     auto tasks_stats_provider = TasksStatsCounters::findBestAvailableProvider();
     if (tasks_stats_provider == TasksStatsCounters::MetricsProvider::None)
@@ -1705,8 +1708,6 @@ int Server::main(const std::vector<std::string> & /*args*/)
 
         main_config_reloader->start();
         access_control.startPeriodicReloading();
-        if (dns_cache_updater)
-            dns_cache_updater->start();
 
         {
             LOG_INFO(log, "Available RAM: {}; physical cores: {}; logical cores: {}.",