diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept.java
index e981d76ba1..08922198d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ public final class AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept {
   private AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept() {
     readThrottler = new AbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer("read");
     writeThrottler = new AbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer("write");
-    isAutoThrottlingEnabled = true;
-    LOG.debug("Client-side throttling is enabled for the ABFS file system.");
   }
 
   public static synchronized void initializeSingleton(boolean isAutoThrottlingEnabled) {
@@ -56,6 +54,8 @@ public static synchronized void initializeSingleton(boolean isAutoThrottlingEnab
     }
     if (singleton == null) {
       singleton = new AbfsClientThrottlingIntercept();
+      isAutoThrottlingEnabled = true;
+      LOG.debug("Client-side throttling is enabled for the ABFS file system.");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer.java
index 5105b85d00..3f680e4993 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsClientThrottlingAnalyzer.java
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/**
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+ */
+
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.ContractTestUtils;