diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
index e2b77d3885..7b8b79bdd9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
@@ -264,6 +264,21 @@ pa_can_start(TransactionId xid)
 {
 	Assert(TransactionIdIsValid(xid));
 
+	/* Only leader apply workers can start parallel apply workers. */
+	if (!am_leader_apply_worker())
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * It is good to check for any change in the subscription parameter to
+	 * avoid the case where for a very long time the change doesn't get
+	 * reflected. This can happen when there is a constant flow of streaming
+	 * transactions that are handled by parallel apply workers.
+	 *
+	 * It is better to do it before the below checks so that the latest values
+	 * of subscription can be used for the checks.
+	 */
+	maybe_reread_subscription();
+
 	/*
 	 * Don't start a new parallel apply worker if the subscription is not
 	 * using parallel streaming mode, or if the publisher does not support
@@ -272,10 +287,6 @@ pa_can_start(TransactionId xid)
 	if (!MyLogicalRepWorker->parallel_apply)
 		return false;
 
-	/* Only leader apply workers can start parallel apply workers. */
-	if (!am_leader_apply_worker())
-		return false;
-
 	/*
 	 * Don't start a new parallel worker if user has set skiplsn as it's
 	 * possible that they want to skip the streaming transaction. For
@@ -485,14 +496,6 @@ pa_allocate_worker(TransactionId xid)
 										   HASH_ELEM | HASH_BLOBS | HASH_CONTEXT);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * It is good to check for any change in the subscription parameter to
-	 * avoid the case where for a very long time the change doesn't get
-	 * reflected. This can happen when there is a constant flow of streaming
-	 * transactions that are handled by parallel apply workers.
-	 */
-	maybe_reread_subscription();
-
 	winfo = pa_launch_parallel_worker();
 	if (!winfo)
 		return;
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/017_stream_ddl.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/017_stream_ddl.pl
index b4101e979d..fb03b708b4 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/017_stream_ddl.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/017_stream_ddl.pl
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 # Test streaming of large transaction with DDL and subtransactions
 #
-# This file is mainly to test the DDL/DML interaction of publisher side and
-# doesn't cover some extra code, so we don't add a parallel version for this
-# file.
+# This file is mainly to test the DDL/DML interaction of the publisher side,
+# so we didn't add a parallel apply version for the tests in this file.
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/019_stream_subxact_ddl_abort.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/019_stream_subxact_ddl_abort.pl
index 905d2516ba..353e826a93 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/019_stream_subxact_ddl_abort.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/019_stream_subxact_ddl_abort.pl
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # Test streaming of transaction with subtransactions, DDLs, DMLs, and
 # rollbacks
 #
-# This file is mainly to test the DDL/DML interaction of publisher side and
-# doesn't cover some extra code, so we don't add a parallel version for this
-# file.
+# This file is mainly to test the DDL/DML interaction of the publisher side,
+# so we didn't add a parallel apply version for the tests in this file.
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;