diff --git a/scripts/fast-reboot b/scripts/fast-reboot
index 1c47664e09..288c4e4ae1 100755
--- a/scripts/fast-reboot
+++ b/scripts/fast-reboot
@@ -644,6 +644,13 @@ fi
 
 init_warm_reboot_states
 
+# start sending LACPDUs to keep the LAGs refreshed
+# this is a non-blocking call, and the process will die in 300s
+debug "Starting lag_keepalive to send LACPDUs ..."
+timeout 300 python ${LAG_KEEPALIVE_SCRIPT} &
+# give the lag_keepalive script a chance to get ready (30s) and collect one lacpdu before going down (30s)
+sleep 60
+
 setup_control_plane_assistant
 
 TEAMD_INCREASE_RETRY_COUNT=0
@@ -713,13 +720,6 @@ fi
 # disable trap-handlers which were set before
 trap '' EXIT HUP INT QUIT TERM KILL ABRT ALRM
 
-# start sending LACPDUs to keep the LAGs refreshed
-# this is a non-blocking call, and the process will die in 300s
-debug "Starting lag_keepalive to send LACPDUs ..."
-timeout 300 python ${LAG_KEEPALIVE_SCRIPT} &
-# give the lag_keepalive script a chance to get ready (30s) and collect one lacpdu before going down (30s)
-sleep 60
-
 if [ -x ${LOG_SSD_HEALTH} ]; then
     debug "Collecting logs to check ssd health before ${REBOOT_TYPE}..."
     ${LOG_SSD_HEALTH}