diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index c109c4ef2..feb9f4d70 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -668,50 +668,35 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 
 	// Background all other operations such as initializing bucket metadata etc.
 	go func() {
-		// Initialize transition tier configuration manager
+		// Initialize data scanner.
+		initDataScanner(GlobalContext, newObject)
+
+		// Initialize background replication
 		initBackgroundReplication(GlobalContext, newObject)
+
+		// Initialize background transition
 		initBackgroundTransition(GlobalContext, newObject)
 
+		// Initialize batch job pool.
 		globalBatchJobPool = newBatchJobPool(GlobalContext, newObject, 100)
 
+		// Initialize the license update job
+		initLicenseUpdateJob(GlobalContext, newObject)
+
 		go func() {
+			// Initialize transition tier configuration manager
 			err := globalTierConfigMgr.Init(GlobalContext, newObject)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, err)
-			}
-
-			globalTierJournal, err = initTierDeletionJournal(GlobalContext)
-			if err != nil {
-				logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to initialize remote tier pending deletes journal")
+			} else {
+				globalTierJournal, err = initTierDeletionJournal(GlobalContext)
+				if err != nil {
+					logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to initialize remote tier pending deletes journal")
+				}
 			}
 		}()
 
-		// Initialize quota manager.
-		globalBucketQuotaSys.Init(newObject)
-
-		initDataScanner(GlobalContext, newObject)
-
-		// List buckets to heal, and be re-used for loading configs.
-		buckets, err := newObject.ListBuckets(GlobalContext, BucketOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, fmt.Errorf("Unable to list buckets to heal: %w", err))
-		}
-		// initialize replication resync state.
-		go globalReplicationPool.initResync(GlobalContext, buckets, newObject)
-
-		// Populate existing buckets to the etcd backend
-		if globalDNSConfig != nil {
-			// Background this operation.
-			go initFederatorBackend(buckets, newObject)
-		}
-
-		// Initialize bucket metadata sub-system.
-		globalBucketMetadataSys.Init(GlobalContext, buckets, newObject)
-
-		// Initialize site replication manager.
-		globalSiteReplicationSys.Init(GlobalContext, newObject)
-
-		// Initialize bucket notification system
+		// Initialize bucket notification system first before loading bucket metadata.
 		logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, globalEventNotifier.InitBucketTargets(GlobalContext, newObject))
 
 		// initialize the new disk cache objects.
@@ -724,8 +709,28 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 			setCacheObjectLayer(cacheAPI)
 		}
 
-		// Initialize the license update job
-		initLicenseUpdateJob(GlobalContext, newObject)
+		// List buckets to heal, and be re-used for loading configs.
+		buckets, err := newObject.ListBuckets(GlobalContext, BucketOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, fmt.Errorf("Unable to list buckets to heal: %w", err))
+		}
+		// initialize replication resync state.
+		go globalReplicationPool.initResync(GlobalContext, buckets, newObject)
+
+		// Initialize bucket metadata sub-system.
+		globalBucketMetadataSys.Init(GlobalContext, buckets, newObject)
+
+		// Initialize site replication manager after bucket metadat
+		globalSiteReplicationSys.Init(GlobalContext, newObject)
+
+		// Initialize quota manager.
+		globalBucketQuotaSys.Init(newObject)
+
+		// Populate existing buckets to the etcd backend
+		if globalDNSConfig != nil {
+			// Background this operation.
+			go initFederatorBackend(buckets, newObject)
+		}
 
 		// Prints the formatted startup message, if err is not nil then it prints additional information as well.
 		printStartupMessage(getAPIEndpoints(), err)