diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 4864b7c7b..bb2a47a71 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ func checkUpdate() {
 
 // Generic Minio initialization to create/load config, prepare loggers, etc..
 func minioInit(ctx *cli.Context) {
-	// Sets new config directory.
-	setGlobalConfigPath(globalConfigDir)
-
 	// Set global variables after parsing passed arguments
 	setGlobalsFromContext(ctx)
 
+	// Sets new config directory.
+	setGlobalConfigPath(globalConfigDir)
+
 	// Is TLS configured?.
 	globalIsSSL = isSSL()