diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 8405969f5a9b..9e021b8963c3 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -588,12 +588,11 @@ func main() {
 	featureGate.AddFlag(pflag.CommandLine)
 	kube_flag.InitFlags()
 
+	logs.InitLogs()
 	if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(loggingConfig, featureGate); err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to validate and apply logging configuration: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	logs.InitLogs()
-
 	healthCheck := metrics.NewHealthCheck(*maxInactivityTimeFlag, *maxFailingTimeFlag)
 
 	klog.V(1).Infof("Cluster Autoscaler %s", version.ClusterAutoscalerVersion)