diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMaker.java b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMaker.java
index f0aab090bb2..6a412112c3f 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMaker.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMaker.java
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ public class MirrorMaker {
     private void addHerder(SourceAndTarget sourceAndTarget) {
         log.info("creating herder for {}", sourceAndTarget.toString());
         Map<String, String> workerProps = config.workerConfig(sourceAndTarget);
+        DistributedConfig distributedConfig = new DistributedConfig(workerProps);
         String encodedSource = encodePath(sourceAndTarget.source());
         String encodedTarget = encodePath(sourceAndTarget.target());
         List<String> restNamespace = List.of(encodedSource, encodedTarget);
         String workerId = generateWorkerId(sourceAndTarget);
         Plugins plugins = new Plugins(workerProps);
         plugins.compareAndSwapWithDelegatingLoader();
-        DistributedConfig distributedConfig = new DistributedConfig(workerProps);
         String kafkaClusterId = distributedConfig.kafkaClusterId();
         String clientIdBase = ConnectUtils.clientIdBase(distributedConfig);
         // Create the admin client to be shared by all backing stores for this herder
diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/cli/AbstractConnectCli.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/cli/AbstractConnectCli.java
index 8c0d30b1c99..5a8bc5e08ae 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/cli/AbstractConnectCli.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/cli/AbstractConnectCli.java
@@ -114,14 +114,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractConnectCli<H extends Herder, T extends WorkerConfi
         log.info("Kafka Connect worker initializing ...");
         long initStart = time.hiResClockMs();
 
+        T config = createConfig(workerProps);
+        log.debug("Kafka cluster ID: {}", config.kafkaClusterId());
+
         WorkerInfo initInfo = new WorkerInfo();
         initInfo.logAll();
 
         log.info("Scanning for plugin classes. This might take a moment ...");
         Plugins plugins = new Plugins(workerProps);
         plugins.compareAndSwapWithDelegatingLoader();
-        T config = createConfig(workerProps);
-        log.debug("Kafka cluster ID: {}", config.kafkaClusterId());
 
         RestClient restClient = new RestClient(config);