diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainerBlobStore.cpp b/fdbclient/BackupContainerBlobStore.cpp
index 505dea70a41..19d81dde598 100644
--- a/fdbclient/BackupContainerBlobStore.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainerBlobStore.cpp
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ void BackupContainerBlobStore::validateBackupUrl(const std::string& resource) {
 Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> BackupContainerBlobStore::readFile(const std::string& path) {
 	Reference<IAsyncFile> f = makeReference<AsyncFileBlobStoreRead>(m_bstore, m_bucket, dataPath(path));
 
-	if (usesEncryption() && !StringRef(path).startsWith("properties/"_sr)) {
-		f = makeReference<AsyncFileEncrypted>(f, AsyncFileEncrypted::Mode::READ_ONLY, encryptionBlockSize);
-	}
 	if (m_bstore->knobs.enable_read_cache) {
 		f = makeReference<AsyncFileReadAheadCache>(f,
 		                                           m_bstore->knobs.read_block_size,
@@ -208,6 +205,9 @@ Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> BackupContainerBlobStore::readFile(const std::stri
 		                                           m_bstore->knobs.concurrent_reads_per_file,
 		                                           m_bstore->knobs.read_cache_blocks_per_file);
 	}
+	if (usesEncryption() && !StringRef(path).startsWith("properties/"_sr)) {
+		f = makeReference<AsyncFileEncrypted>(f, AsyncFileEncrypted::Mode::READ_ONLY, encryptionBlockSize);
+	}
 	return f;
 }