SERVER-38128 Start periodic runner before the storage engine

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/db.cpp b/src/mongo/db/db.cpp
index ba360c0fbff..f2af3d38ec6 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/db.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/db.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ ExitCode _initAndListen(int listenPort) {
         }
         serviceContext->setTransportLayer(std::move(tl));
     }
+
+    // Set up the periodic runner for background job execution. This is required to be running
+    // before the storage engine is initialized.
+    auto runner = makePeriodicRunner(serviceContext);
+    runner->startup();
+    serviceContext->setPeriodicRunner(std::move(runner));
+
     initializeStorageEngine(serviceContext, StorageEngineInitFlags::kNone);
 
 #ifdef MONGO_CONFIG_WIREDTIGER_ENABLED
@@ -516,11 +523,6 @@ ExitCode _initAndListen(int listenPort) {
               << startupWarningsLog;
     }
 
-    // Set up the periodic runner for background job execution
-    auto runner = makePeriodicRunner(serviceContext);
-    runner->startup();
-    serviceContext->setPeriodicRunner(std::move(runner));
-
     // This function may take the global lock.
     auto shardingInitialized = ShardingInitializationMongoD::get(startupOpCtx.get())
                                    ->initializeShardingAwarenessIfNeeded(startupOpCtx.get());