diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
index bae71bf5113..354c9075e3e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ public class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager {
     this.secretManager = secretManager;
     this.kmsProvider = kmsProvider;
 
-    start(conf);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestKeyDeletingService.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestKeyDeletingService.java
index f2e992b9039..3c707ba1e18 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestKeyDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestKeyDeletingService.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public class TestKeyDeletingService {
         new KeyManagerImpl(
             new ScmBlockLocationTestingClient(null, null, 0),
             metaMgr, conf, UUID.randomUUID().toString(), null);
+    keyManager.start(conf);
     final int keyCount = 100;
     createAndDeleteKeys(keyManager, keyCount, 1);
     KeyDeletingService keyDeletingService =
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ public class TestKeyDeletingService {
         new KeyManagerImpl(
             new ScmBlockLocationTestingClient(null, null, 1),
             metaMgr, conf, UUID.randomUUID().toString(), null);
+    keyManager.start(conf);
     final int keyCount = 100;
     createAndDeleteKeys(keyManager, keyCount, 1);
     KeyDeletingService keyDeletingService =
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ public class TestKeyDeletingService {
         new KeyManagerImpl(
             new ScmBlockLocationTestingClient(null, null, 1),
             metaMgr, conf, UUID.randomUUID().toString(), null);
+    keyManager.start(conf);
     final int keyCount = 100;
     createAndDeleteKeys(keyManager, keyCount, 0);
     KeyDeletingService keyDeletingService =