diff --git a/src/app/server/Server.cpp b/src/app/server/Server.cpp
index 44c30043d..b796f4c9e 100644
--- a/src/app/server/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/app/server/Server.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,24 @@ CHIP_ERROR Server::Init(const ServerInitParams & initParams)
         deviceInfoprovider->SetStorageDelegate(mDeviceStorage);
     }
 
+#if CHIP_CONFIG_ENABLE_SERVER_IM_EVENT
+    // Initialize event logging subsystem
+    err = sGlobalEventIdCounter.Init(mDeviceStorage, &DefaultStorageKeyAllocator::IMEventNumber,
+                                     CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_EVENT_ID_COUNTER_EPOCH);
+    SuccessOrExit(err);
+
+    {
+        ::chip::app::LogStorageResources logStorageResources[] = {
+            { &sDebugEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sDebugEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Debug },
+            { &sInfoEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sInfoEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Info },
+            { &sCritEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sCritEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Critical }
+        };
+
+        chip::app::EventManagement::GetInstance().Init(&mExchangeMgr, CHIP_NUM_EVENT_LOGGING_BUFFERS, &sLoggingBuffer[0],
+                                                       &logStorageResources[0], &sGlobalEventIdCounter);
+    }
+#endif // CHIP_CONFIG_ENABLE_SERVER_IM_EVENT
+
     // This initializes clusters, so should come after lower level initialization.
     InitDataModelHandler(&mExchangeMgr);
 
@@ -229,24 +247,6 @@ CHIP_ERROR Server::Init(const ServerInitParams & initParams)
 
     chip::Dnssd::Resolver::Instance().Init(DeviceLayer::UDPEndPointManager());
 
-#if CHIP_CONFIG_ENABLE_SERVER_IM_EVENT
-    // Initialize event logging subsystem
-    err = sGlobalEventIdCounter.Init(mDeviceStorage, &DefaultStorageKeyAllocator::IMEventNumber,
-                                     CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_EVENT_ID_COUNTER_EPOCH);
-    SuccessOrExit(err);
-
-    {
-        ::chip::app::LogStorageResources logStorageResources[] = {
-            { &sDebugEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sDebugEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Debug },
-            { &sInfoEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sInfoEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Info },
-            { &sCritEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sCritEventBuffer), ::chip::app::PriorityLevel::Critical }
-        };
-
-        chip::app::EventManagement::GetInstance().Init(&mExchangeMgr, CHIP_NUM_EVENT_LOGGING_BUFFERS, &sLoggingBuffer[0],
-                                                       &logStorageResources[0], &sGlobalEventIdCounter);
-    }
-#endif // CHIP_CONFIG_ENABLE_SERVER_IM_EVENT
-
 #if defined(CHIP_APP_USE_ECHO)
     err = InitEchoHandler(&mExchangeMgr);
     SuccessOrExit(err);