diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_common_app.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_common_app.erl
index 88700f8fd1e..80a3254d785 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_common_app.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_common_app.erl
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 -export([init/1]).
 
 start(_Type, _StartArgs) ->
-    ?FEDERATION_ETS = ets:new(?FEDERATION_ETS, [set, public, named_table]),
     supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []).
 
 stop(_State) ->
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_sup.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_sup.erl
index bbe0f71bada..e00475ea8a9 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_sup.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_federation_common/src/rabbit_federation_sup.erl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ stop() ->
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 init([]) ->
+    ?FEDERATION_ETS = ets:new(?FEDERATION_ETS, [set, public, named_table]),
     Status = #{
         id       => status,
         start    => {rabbit_federation_status, start_link, []},