Merge pull request dapr#5951 from ItalyPaleAle/cherry-pick-e4c4eb5

Cherry-pick dapr#5584 into master [DO NOT SQUASH]

Author: mukundansundar

pkg/runtime/runtime.go

@@ -2781,11 +2781,6 @@ func (a *DaprRuntime) processComponentSecrets(component componentsV1alpha1.Compo
 		}
 
 		secretStoreName := a.authSecretStoreOrDefault(component)
-		secretStore := a.getSecretStore(secretStoreName)
-		if secretStore == nil {
-			log.Warnf("component %s references a secret store that isn't loaded: %s", component.Name, secretStoreName)
-			return component, secretStoreName
-		}
 
 		// If running in Kubernetes, do not fetch secrets from the Kubernetes secret store as they will be populated by the operator.
 		// Instead, base64 decode the secret values into their real self.
@@ -2813,6 +2808,12 @@ func (a *DaprRuntime) processComponentSecrets(component componentsV1alpha1.Compo
 			continue
 		}
 
+		secretStore := a.getSecretStore(secretStoreName)
+		if secretStore == nil {
+			log.Warnf("component %s references a secret store that isn't loaded: %s", component.Name, secretStoreName)
+			return component, secretStoreName
+		}
+
 		resp, ok := cache[m.SecretKeyRef.Name]
 		if !ok {
 			// TODO: cascade context.