diff --git a/pkg/tso/allocator_manager.go b/pkg/tso/allocator_manager.go
index 56ee8313d57..a02d4884e17 100644
--- a/pkg/tso/allocator_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/tso/allocator_manager.go
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ func NewAllocatorManager(
 	rootPath string,
 	storage endpoint.TSOStorage,
 	cfg Config,
-	startGlobalLeaderLoop bool,
 ) *AllocatorManager {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	am := &AllocatorManager{
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ func NewAllocatorManager(
 	am.localAllocatorConn.clientConns = make(map[string]*grpc.ClientConn)
 
 	// Set up the Global TSO Allocator here, it will be initialized once the member campaigns leader successfully.
-	am.SetUpGlobalAllocator(am.ctx, am.member.GetLeadership(), startGlobalLeaderLoop)
+	am.SetUpGlobalAllocator(am.ctx, am.member.GetLeadership())
 	am.svcLoopWG.Add(1)
 	go am.tsoAllocatorLoop()
 
@@ -234,11 +233,11 @@ func NewAllocatorManager(
 // SetUpGlobalAllocator is used to set up the global allocator, which will initialize the allocator and put it into
 // an allocator daemon. An TSO Allocator should only be set once, and may be initialized and reset multiple times
 // depending on the election.
-func (am *AllocatorManager) SetUpGlobalAllocator(ctx context.Context, leadership *election.Leadership, startGlobalLeaderLoop bool) {
+func (am *AllocatorManager) SetUpGlobalAllocator(ctx context.Context, leadership *election.Leadership) {
 	am.mu.Lock()
 	defer am.mu.Unlock()
 
-	allocator := NewGlobalTSOAllocator(ctx, am, startGlobalLeaderLoop)
+	allocator := NewGlobalTSOAllocator(ctx, am)
 	// Create a new allocatorGroup
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	am.mu.allocatorGroups[GlobalDCLocation] = &allocatorGroup{
@@ -1389,3 +1388,14 @@ func (am *AllocatorManager) GetLeaderAddr() string {
 	}
 	return leaderAddrs[0]
 }
+
+func (am *AllocatorManager) startGlobalAllocatorLoop() {
+	globalTSOAllocator, ok := am.mu.allocatorGroups[GlobalDCLocation].allocator.(*GlobalTSOAllocator)
+	if !ok {
+		// it should never happen
+		log.Error("failed to start global allocator loop, global allocator not found")
+		return
+	}
+	globalTSOAllocator.wg.Add(1)
+	go globalTSOAllocator.primaryElectionLoop()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tso/global_allocator.go b/pkg/tso/global_allocator.go
index 53a6f65a25d..5c7c905089c 100644
--- a/pkg/tso/global_allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/tso/global_allocator.go
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ type GlobalTSOAllocator struct {
 func NewGlobalTSOAllocator(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	am *AllocatorManager,
-	startGlobalLeaderLoop bool,
 ) Allocator {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	gta := &GlobalTSOAllocator{
@@ -109,11 +108,6 @@ func NewGlobalTSOAllocator(
 		tsoAllocatorRoleGauge: tsoAllocatorRole.WithLabelValues(am.getGroupIDStr(), GlobalDCLocation),
 	}
 
-	if startGlobalLeaderLoop {
-		gta.wg.Add(1)
-		go gta.primaryElectionLoop()
-	}
-
 	return gta
 }
 
@@ -537,6 +531,8 @@ func (gta *GlobalTSOAllocator) Reset() {
 	gta.timestampOracle.ResetTimestamp()
 }
 
+// primaryElectionLoop is used to maintain the TSO primary election and TSO's
+// running allocator. It is only used in API mode.
 func (gta *GlobalTSOAllocator) primaryElectionLoop() {
 	defer logutil.LogPanic()
 	defer gta.wg.Done()
diff --git a/pkg/tso/keyspace_group_manager.go b/pkg/tso/keyspace_group_manager.go
index 7c1d3426ce9..c19d790efc5 100644
--- a/pkg/tso/keyspace_group_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/tso/keyspace_group_manager.go
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@ func (kgm *KeyspaceGroupManager) updateKeyspaceGroup(group *endpoint.KeyspaceGro
 		storage = kgm.tsoSvcStorage
 	}
 	// Initialize all kinds of maps.
-	am := NewAllocatorManager(kgm.ctx, group.ID, participant, tsRootPath, storage, kgm.cfg, true)
+	am := NewAllocatorManager(kgm.ctx, group.ID, participant, tsRootPath, storage, kgm.cfg)
+	am.startGlobalAllocatorLoop()
 	log.Info("created allocator manager",
 		zap.Uint32("keyspace-group-id", group.ID),
 		zap.String("timestamp-path", am.GetTimestampPath("")))
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index c79f51d8153..9691633bae2 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func (s *Server) startServer(ctx context.Context) error {
 	s.tsoDispatcher = tsoutil.NewTSODispatcher(tsoProxyHandleDuration, tsoProxyBatchSize)
 	s.tsoProtoFactory = &tsoutil.TSOProtoFactory{}
 	s.pdProtoFactory = &tsoutil.PDProtoFactory{}
-	s.tsoAllocatorManager = tso.NewAllocatorManager(s.ctx, constant.DefaultKeyspaceGroupID, s.member, s.rootPath, s.storage, s, false)
+	s.tsoAllocatorManager = tso.NewAllocatorManager(s.ctx, constant.DefaultKeyspaceGroupID, s.member, s.rootPath, s.storage, s)
 	// When disabled the Local TSO, we should clean up the Local TSO Allocator's meta info written in etcd if it exists.
 	if !s.cfg.EnableLocalTSO {
 		if err = s.tsoAllocatorManager.CleanUpDCLocation(); err != nil {