diff --git a/source/server/server.cc b/source/server/server.cc
index a01ee0e5ca00..7c298e7da6a2 100644
--- a/source/server/server.cc
+++ b/source/server/server.cc
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ InstanceImpl::InstanceImpl(
           process_context ? ProcessContextOptRef(std::ref(*process_context)) : absl::nullopt,
           watermark_factory)),
       dispatcher_(api_->allocateDispatcher("main_thread")),
+      access_log_manager_(options.fileFlushIntervalMsec(), *api_, *dispatcher_, access_log_lock,
+                          store),
       singleton_manager_(new Singleton::ManagerImpl(api_->threadFactory())),
       handler_(new ConnectionHandlerImpl(*dispatcher_, absl::nullopt)),
       listener_component_factory_(*this), worker_factory_(thread_local_, *api_, hooks),
-      access_log_manager_(options.fileFlushIntervalMsec(), *api_, *dispatcher_, access_log_lock,
-                          store),
       terminated_(false),
       mutex_tracer_(options.mutexTracingEnabled() ? &Envoy::MutexTracerImpl::getOrCreateTracer()
                                                   : nullptr),
diff --git a/source/server/server.h b/source/server/server.h
index 3d93279e1ea7..cb5a54309e1a 100644
--- a/source/server/server.h
+++ b/source/server/server.h
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class InstanceImpl final : Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::main>,
   envoy::config::bootstrap::v3::Bootstrap bootstrap_;
   Api::ApiPtr api_;
   Event::DispatcherPtr dispatcher_;
+  AccessLog::AccessLogManagerImpl access_log_manager_;
   std::unique_ptr<AdminImpl> admin_;
   Singleton::ManagerPtr singleton_manager_;
   Network::ConnectionHandlerPtr handler_;
@@ -369,7 +370,6 @@ class InstanceImpl final : Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::main>,
   Network::DnsResolverSharedPtr dns_resolver_;
   Event::TimerPtr stat_flush_timer_;
   DrainManagerPtr drain_manager_;
-  AccessLog::AccessLogManagerImpl access_log_manager_;
   std::unique_ptr<Upstream::ClusterManagerFactory> cluster_manager_factory_;
   std::unique_ptr<Server::GuardDog> main_thread_guard_dog_;
   std::unique_ptr<Server::GuardDog> worker_guard_dog_;