diff --git a/dvc/remote/gdrive.py b/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
index 2a0f9f0bad..9cbca729e2 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ def cached_ids(self):
             self.drive
         return self._cached_ids
 
+    @property
+    def corpora(self):
+        if not hasattr(self, "_corpora"):
+            self.drive
+        return self._corpora
+
     @property
     @wrap_with(threading.RLock())
     def drive(self):
@@ -251,7 +257,7 @@ def drive(self):
 
             if self.bucket != "root" and self.bucket != "appDataFolder":
                 self.remote_drive_id = self.get_remote_drive_id(self.bucket)
-            self.corpora = "drive" if self.remote_drive_id else "default"
+            self._corpora = "drive" if self.remote_drive_id else "default"
             self.remote_root_id = self.get_remote_id(
                 self.path_info, create=True
             )