diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 918adac7f6..d391516b6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
     keyManager.start(configuration);
     omRpcServer.start();
     try {
+      httpServer = new OzoneManagerHttpServer(configuration, this);
       httpServer.start();
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       // Allow OM to start as Http Server failure is not fatal.