diff --git a/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/blobtransfer/DaVinciBlobFinder.java b/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/blobtransfer/DaVinciBlobFinder.java
index f16848112a..20cbc00f0c 100644
--- a/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/blobtransfer/DaVinciBlobFinder.java
+++ b/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/blobtransfer/DaVinciBlobFinder.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ AbstractAvroStoreClient startStoreClient(String storeName) {
       ClientConfig storeClientConfig = ClientConfig.cloneConfig(clientConfig).setStoreName(storeName);
       AbstractAvroStoreClient storeLevelClient =
           new AvroGenericStoreClientImpl<>(getTransportClient(storeClientConfig), false, storeClientConfig);
+      storeLevelClient.start();
       LOGGER.info("Started store client for store: {}", storeName);
       return storeLevelClient;
     });