diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 3adc2fc68..440928f42 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ func handleKMSConfig() {
 		// We don't treat a policy error as failure condition since MinIO may not have the permission
 		// to create keys - just to generate/decrypt data encryption keys.
 		if _, err = KMS.GenerateKey(GlobalContext, env.Get(kms.EnvKESKeyName, ""), kms.Context{}); err != nil && errors.Is(err, kes.ErrKeyNotFound) {
-			if err = KMS.CreateKey(context.Background(), env.Get(kms.EnvKESKeyName, "")); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, kes.ErrKeyExists) && !errors.Is(err, kes.ErrNotAllowed) {
+			if err = KMS.CreateKey(GlobalContext, env.Get(kms.EnvKESKeyName, "")); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, kes.ErrKeyExists) && !errors.Is(err, kes.ErrNotAllowed) {
 				logger.Fatal(err, "Unable to initialize a connection to KES as specified by the shell environment")
 			}
 		}