diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepository.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepository.java
index 6da0028338250..8069400f02d47 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepository.java
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public void initializeSnapshot(SnapshotId snapshotId, List<IndexId> indices, Met
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The bucket [" + blobStore.container() + "] does not exist. Please create it before " +
                 " creating an azure snapshot repository backed by it.");
         }
+        super.initializeSnapshot(snapshotId, indices, clusterMetadata);
     }
 
     @Override