diff --git a/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/HazelcastClientInstanceImpl.java b/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/HazelcastClientInstanceImpl.java
index dd1a6cc8f9c9..e573b7b6e8f9 100644
--- a/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/HazelcastClientInstanceImpl.java
+++ b/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/HazelcastClientInstanceImpl.java
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ public HazelcastClientInstanceImpl(ClientConfig config,
         userContext = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>();
         diagnostics = initDiagnostics(config);
 
-        proxyManager.init(config);
         hazelcastCacheManager = new ClientICacheManager(this);
 
         lockReferenceIdGenerator = new ClientLockReferenceIdGenerator();
@@ -391,7 +390,6 @@ public void start() {
         lifecycleService.setStarted();
         invocationService.start();
         connectionManager.start();
-
         diagnostics.start();
         diagnostics.register(
                 new ConfigPropertiesPlugin(loggingService.getLogger(ConfigPropertiesPlugin.class), properties));
@@ -410,6 +408,7 @@ public void start() {
             lifecycleService.shutdown();
             throw ExceptionUtil.rethrow(e);
         }
+        proxyManager.init(config);
         listenerService.start();
         loadBalancer.init(getCluster(), config);
         partitionService.start();
diff --git a/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/spi/ProxyManager.java b/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/spi/ProxyManager.java
index b5ee0c7fd832..da182e85b4bc 100644
--- a/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/spi/ProxyManager.java
+++ b/hazelcast-client/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/spi/ProxyManager.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public final class ProxyManager {
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, ClientProxyFactory> proxyFactories = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, ClientProxyFactory>();
     private final ConcurrentMap<ObjectNamespace, ClientProxyFuture> proxies
             = new ConcurrentHashMap<ObjectNamespace, ClientProxyFuture>();
+    private ClientContext context;
 
     private final ListenerMessageCodec distributedObjectListenerCodec = new ListenerMessageCodec() {
         @Override
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ public ProxyManager(HazelcastClientInstanceImpl client) {
     }
 
     public void init(ClientConfig config) {
+        context = new ClientContext(client, this);
         // register defaults
         register(MapService.SERVICE_NAME, createServiceProxyFactory(MapService.class));
         if (JCacheDetector.isJCacheAvailable(config.getClassLoader())) {
@@ -345,7 +347,6 @@ private void initialize(ClientProxy clientProxy) throws Exception {
         final Connection connection = getTargetOrOwnerConnection(initializationTarget);
         final ClientMessage clientMessage = ClientCreateProxyCodec.encodeRequest(clientProxy.getDistributedObjectName(),
                 clientProxy.getServiceName(), initializationTarget);
-        final ClientContext context = new ClientContext(client, this);
         new ClientInvocation(client, clientMessage, connection).invoke().get();
         clientProxy.setContext(context);
         clientProxy.onInitialize();