diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/operations/restore.py b/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/operations/restore.py
index 715f59039cb1102318ee6ac42c578e4fb7aedd2a..e3f6c0f8a33773666f98188bd1c7c0a1996a16c4 100755
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/operations/restore.py
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/operations/restore.py
@@ -307,14 +307,14 @@ class RestoreDatabase(Operation):
             self._restore_stats()
             return
 
-        if self.context.drop_db:
-            self._multitry_createdb()
-
         if self.context.restore_global:
             self._restore_global(self.context)
             if self.context.restore_global == "only":
                 return
 
+        if self.context.drop_db:
+            self._multitry_createdb()
+
         """
         For full restore with table filter or for the first recurssion of the incremental restore
         we first restore the schema, expand the parent partition table name's in the restore table