diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 975094311b44..c7eac74de112 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -550,6 +550,11 @@ func run(healthCheck *metrics.HealthCheck, debuggingSnapshotter debuggingsnapsho
 
 func main() {
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
+
+	leaderElection := defaultLeaderElectionConfiguration()
+	leaderElection.LeaderElect = true
+	options.BindLeaderElectionFlags(&leaderElection, pflag.CommandLine)
+
 	featureGate := utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate
 	loggingConfig := logsapi.NewLoggingConfiguration()
 
@@ -567,10 +572,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	logs.InitLogs()
 
-	leaderElection := defaultLeaderElectionConfiguration()
-	leaderElection.LeaderElect = true
-	options.BindLeaderElectionFlags(&leaderElection, pflag.CommandLine)
-
 	healthCheck := metrics.NewHealthCheck(*maxInactivityTimeFlag, *maxFailingTimeFlag)
 
 	klog.V(1).Infof("Cluster Autoscaler %s", version.ClusterAutoscalerVersion)