diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab8cdd882bbb9..2bbcfc2e9ae7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Fix race condition in node-join and node-left ([#15521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15521))
 - Streaming bulk request hangs ([#16158](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16158))
 - Fix warnings from SLF4J on startup when repository-s3 is installed ([#16194](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16194))
+- Fix disk usage exceeds threshold cluster can't spin up issue ([#15258](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15258)))
+
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
index 4e167d10b99fa..3ff8a2439cde4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ private static Environment createEnvironment(
     }
 
     private void start() throws NodeValidationException {
-        node.start();
         keepAliveThread.start();
+        node.start();
     }
 
     static void stop() throws IOException {