diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-initialize-configs b/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-initialize-configs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..893d7c7bf9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-initialize-configs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+set -e
+source $BITNAMI_PREFIX/bitnami-utils.sh
+
+if [ ! "$(ls -A $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/conf)" ]; then
+  generate_conf_files
+fi
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/services.d/mariadb/run b/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/services.d/mariadb/run
index a2a2891ba748..fe6db23d3b1f 100755
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/services.d/mariadb/run
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/rootfs/etc/services.d/mariadb/run
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ source $BITNAMI_PREFIX/bitnami-utils.sh
 
 print_welcome_page
 
-if [ ! "$(ls -A $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/conf)" ]; then
-  generate_conf_files
-fi
-
 mkdir -p $BITNAMI_APP_DIR/tmp
 chown -R $BITNAMI_APP_USER:$BITNAMI_APP_USER $BITNAMI_APP_DIR/tmp || true