diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/portconfig.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/portconfig.py
index c1784cbc3b7f..89f87804c4b8 100644
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/portconfig.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/portconfig.py
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ def db_connect_configdb(namespace=None):
     """
     Connect to configdb
     """
-    if not swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.isInit():
-        if multi_asic.is_multi_asic():
-            swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.load_sonic_global_db_config(namespace=namespace)
-        else:
-            swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.load_sonic_db_config()
     config_db = swsscommon.ConfigDBConnector(use_unix_socket_path=True, namespace=namespace)
     if config_db is None:
         return None
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
index aebd4d0544f5..cbe6d29c117e 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ def main():
                                 'localhost': {'namespace_id': namespace_id}
                              }
                           })
+    # load db config
+    if not swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.isInit():
+        if multi_asic.is_multi_asic():
+            swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.load_sonic_global_db_config(namespace=asic_name)
+        else:
+            swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.load_sonic_db_config()
     if hwsku is not None:
         hardware_data = {'DEVICE_METADATA': {'localhost': {
             'hwsku': hwsku