diff --git a/src/connectionController.ts b/src/connectionController.ts
index 9c39d75fa..754d85e1c 100644
--- a/src/connectionController.ts
+++ b/src/connectionController.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import ConnectionString from 'mongodb-connection-string-url';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import type { MongoClientOptions } from 'mongodb';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
-
+import { createKeytar } from './utils/keytar';
 import { CONNECTION_STATUS } from './views/webview-app/extension-app-message-constants';
 import { createLogger } from './logging';
 import { ext } from './extensionConstants';
@@ -296,6 +296,13 @@ export default class ConnectionController {
   async _migrateConnectionWithKeytarSecrets(
     savedConnectionInfo: StoreConnectionInfoWithConnectionOptions
   ): Promise<MigratedStoreConnectionInfoWithConnectionOptions | undefined> {
+    try {
+      ext.keytarModule =
+        ext.keytarModule === undefined ? createKeytar() : ext.keytarModule;
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Couldn't load keytar, proceed without storing & loading connections.
+    }
+
     // If the Keytar module is not available, we simply mark the connections
     // storage as Keytar and return
     if (!ext.keytarModule) {
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index ae57ea4d3..a4d690889 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 
 import { ext } from './extensionConstants';
-import { createKeytar } from './utils/keytar';
 import { createLogger } from './logging';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const { version } = require('../package.json');
@@ -30,14 +29,6 @@ export async function activate(
   context: vscode.ExtensionContext
 ): Promise<void> {
   ext.context = context;
-  let hasKeytar = false;
-
-  try {
-    ext.keytarModule = createKeytar();
-    hasKeytar = true;
-  } catch (err) {
-    // Couldn't load keytar, proceed without storing & loading connections.
-  }
 
   const defaultConnectionSavingLocation = vscode.workspace
     .getConfiguration('mdb.connectionSaving')
@@ -53,7 +44,6 @@ export async function activate(
     workspaceStoragePath: context.storageUri?.path,
     globalStoragePath: context.globalStorageUri.path,
     defaultConnectionSavingLocation,
-    hasKeytar,
     buildInfo: {
       nodeVersion: process.version,
       runtimePlatform: process.platform,