diff --git a/sstables/sstables_manager.cc b/sstables/sstables_manager.cc
index 2c4dc8e811..4d2fe4c223 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables_manager.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables_manager.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ storage_manager::object_storage_endpoint::object_storage_endpoint(db::object_sto
 
 storage_manager::storage_manager(const db::config& cfg, config stm_cfg)
     : _object_storage_clients_memory(stm_cfg.object_storage_clients_memory)
-    , _config_updater(this_shard_id() == 0 ? std::make_unique<config_updater>(cfg, *this) : nullptr)
+    , _config_updater(std::make_unique<config_updater>(cfg, *this))
 {
     for (auto& e : cfg.object_storage_endpoints()) {
         _object_storage_endpoints.emplace(std::make_pair(e.key(), e));
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ std::vector<sstring> storage_manager::endpoints(sstring type) const noexcept {
 
 storage_manager::config_updater::config_updater(const db::config& cfg, storage_manager& sstm)
     : action([&sstm, &cfg] () mutable {
-        return sstm.container().invoke_on_all([&cfg](auto& sstm) -> future<> {
-            co_await sstm.update_config(cfg);
-        });
+        return sstm.update_config(cfg);
     })
     , observer(cfg.object_storage_endpoints.observe(action.make_observer()))
 {}
diff --git a/test/cluster/object_store/test_backup.py b/test/cluster/object_store/test_backup.py
index 601963bfb7..0b92c478b8 100644
--- a/test/cluster/object_store/test_backup.py
+++ b/test/cluster/object_store/test_backup.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ async def test_backup_with_non_existing_parameters(manager: ManagerClient, objec
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-@pytest.mark.xfail
 async def test_backup_endpoint_config_is_live_updateable(manager: ManagerClient, object_storage):
     '''backup should fail if the endpoint is invalid/inaccessible
        after updating the config, it should succeed'''