diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index ecfeedc3495..5166da7cbd3 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 * SOLR-10714: OverseerTriggerThread does not start triggers on overseer start until autoscaling
   config watcher is fired. (shalin)
 
+* SOLR-10738: TriggerAction is initialised even if the trigger is never scheduled. (shalin)
+
 Optimizations
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
index 5a340bec3c8..1754a8be3dd 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class NodeAddedTrigger implements AutoScaling.Trigger<NodeAddedTrigger.No
       actions = new ArrayList<>(3);
       for (Map<String, String> map : o) {
         TriggerAction action = container.getResourceLoader().newInstance(map.get("class"), TriggerAction.class);
-        action.init(map);
         actions.add(action);
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeLostTrigger.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeLostTrigger.java
index 385eca51131..8bca93c861d 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeLostTrigger.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeLostTrigger.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class NodeLostTrigger implements AutoScaling.Trigger<NodeLostTrigger.Node
       actions = new ArrayList<>(3);
       for (Map<String, String> map : o) {
         TriggerAction action = container.getResourceLoader().newInstance(map.get("class"), TriggerAction.class);
-        action.init(map);
         actions.add(action);
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/ScheduledTriggers.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/ScheduledTriggers.java
index 8dfbddf9910..9c18ac2ad22 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/ScheduledTriggers.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/ScheduledTriggers.java
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ public class ScheduledTriggers implements Closeable {
         return false;
       }
     });
+    List<TriggerAction> actions = newTrigger.getActions();
+    for (TriggerAction action : actions) {
+      action.init(newTrigger.getProperties());
+    }
     scheduledTrigger.scheduledFuture = scheduledThreadPoolExecutor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(scheduledTrigger, 0, DEFAULT_SCHEDULED_TRIGGER_DELAY_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
   }
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/TriggerIntegrationTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/TriggerIntegrationTest.java
index 0ac8183122c..db15f6c6f86 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/TriggerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/TriggerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -473,8 +473,7 @@ public class TriggerIntegrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
   public static class TestTriggerAction implements TriggerAction {
 
     public TestTriggerAction() {
-      log.info("TestTriggerAction instantiated");
-      actionCreated.countDown();
+
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -507,7 +506,8 @@ public class TriggerIntegrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
 
     @Override
     public void init(Map<String, String> args) {
-
+      log.info("TestTriggerAction init");
+      actionCreated.countDown();
     }
   }
 }