diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index 0496d38e67..4a29c232ac 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -1805,6 +1805,8 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             tls_config,
         )?;
 
+        self.pg_reload_conf()?;
+
         if !spec.skip_pg_catalog_updates {
             let max_concurrent_connections = spec.reconfigure_concurrency;
             // Temporarily reset max_cluster_size in config
@@ -1824,10 +1826,9 @@ impl ComputeNode {
 
                 Ok(())
             })?;
+            self.pg_reload_conf()?;
         }
 
-        self.pg_reload_conf()?;
-
         let unknown_op = "unknown".to_string();
         let op_id = spec.operation_uuid.as_ref().unwrap_or(&unknown_op);
         info!(