diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailover.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailover.java
index 032069786a416..7819f051e7581 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailover.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailover.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ControlledClusterFailoverBuilder;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ServiceUrlProvider;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.conf.ClientConfigurationData;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.util.ExecutorProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.util.ObjectMapperFactory;
 import org.asynchttpclient.AsyncHttpClient;
@@ -119,6 +120,15 @@ public void initialize(PulsarClient client) {
                 .addHeader("Accept", "application/json");
         headers.forEach(requestBuilder::addHeader);
 
+        // Initialize currentControlledConfiguration from client's current configuration
+        // to avoid unnecessary reconnection on first scheduled check when the configuration hasn't changed
+        ClientConfigurationData conf = pulsarClient.getConfiguration();
+        this.currentControlledConfiguration = new ControlledConfiguration();
+        this.currentControlledConfiguration.setServiceUrl(currentPulsarServiceUrl);
+        this.currentControlledConfiguration.setTlsTrustCertsFilePath(conf.getTlsTrustCertsFilePath());
+        this.currentControlledConfiguration.setAuthPluginClassName(conf.getAuthPluginClassName());
+        this.currentControlledConfiguration.setAuthParamsString(conf.getAuthParams());
+
         // start to check service url every 30 seconds
         this.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(catchingAndLoggingThrowables(() -> {
             ControlledConfiguration controlledConfiguration = null;
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailoverTest.java b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailoverTest.java
index ca4aca6c329ed..86b2fa7cb4f9b 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailoverTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ControlledClusterFailoverTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Authentication;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ServiceUrlProvider;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.conf.ClientConfigurationData;
 import org.asynchttpclient.Request;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ public void testBuildControlledClusterFailoverInstance() throws Exception {
 
         PulsarClientImpl pulsarClient = mock(PulsarClientImpl.class);
         ConnectionPool connectionPool = mock(ConnectionPool.class);
+        ClientConfigurationData clientConf = new ClientConfigurationData();
         when(pulsarClient.getCnxPool()).thenReturn(connectionPool);
+        when(pulsarClient.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(clientConf);
         controlledClusterFailover.initialize(pulsarClient);
 
         Request request = controlledClusterFailover.getRequestBuilder().build();
@@ -97,7 +100,9 @@ public void testControlledClusterFailoverSwitch() throws Exception {
         ControlledClusterFailover controlledClusterFailover = Mockito.spy((ControlledClusterFailover) provider);
         PulsarClientImpl pulsarClient = mock(PulsarClientImpl.class);
         ConnectionPool connectionPool = mock(ConnectionPool.class);
+        ClientConfigurationData clientConf = new ClientConfigurationData();
         when(pulsarClient.getCnxPool()).thenReturn(connectionPool);
+        when(pulsarClient.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(clientConf);
 
         controlledClusterFailover.initialize(pulsarClient);