diff --git a/sonic-xcvrd/scripts/xcvrd b/sonic-xcvrd/scripts/xcvrd
index 07a98e8f3beb..2ad3b198610b 100644
--- a/sonic-xcvrd/scripts/xcvrd
+++ b/sonic-xcvrd/scripts/xcvrd
@@ -790,9 +790,6 @@ class DomInfoUpdateTask(object):
         self.task_thread = None
         self.task_stopping_event = threading.Event()
 
-        # Load the namespace details first from the database_global.json file.
-        swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.initializeGlobalConfig()
-
     def task_worker(self):
         helper_logger.log_info("Start DOM monitoring loop")
 
@@ -840,9 +837,6 @@ class SfpStateUpdateTask(object):
         self.task_process = None
         self.task_stopping_event = multiprocessing.Event()
 
-        # Load the namespace details first from the database_global.json file.
-        swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.initializeGlobalConfig()
-
     def _mapping_event_from_change_event(self, status, port_dict):
         """
         mapping from what get_transceiver_change_event returns to event defined in the state machine
@@ -1195,8 +1189,9 @@ class DaemonXcvrd(daemon_base.DaemonBase):
                 self.log_error("Failed to load sfputil: %s" % (str(e)), True)
                 sys.exit(SFPUTIL_LOAD_ERROR)
 
-        # Load the namespace details first from the database_global.json file.
-        swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.initializeGlobalConfig()
+        if multi_asic.is_multi_asic():
+            # Load the namespace details first from the database_global.json file.
+            swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.initializeGlobalConfig()
 
         # Load port info
         try: