diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 737d6649..4ba73ab7 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ void initServer() {
         server.maxmemory_policy = REDIS_MAXMEMORY_NO_EVICTION;
     }
 
+    replicationScriptCacheInit();
     scriptingInit();
     slowlogInit();
     bioInit();
diff --git a/src/scripting.c b/src/scripting.c
index f30956bd..ff94ae16 100644
--- a/src/scripting.c
+++ b/src/scripting.c
@@ -655,10 +655,6 @@ void scriptingInit(void) {
      * to global variables. */
     scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua);
 
-    /* Initialize the Replication Script Cache for EVALSHA propagation to
-     * slaves and AOF. */
-    replicationScriptCacheInit();
-
     server.lua = lua;
 }