diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 38381bb576..d548009768 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 		Address:    "https://127.0.0.1:8200",
 		HttpClient: cleanhttp.DefaultPooledClient(),
 		Timeout:    time.Second * 60,
+		MaxRetries: 2,
+		Backoff:    retryablehttp.LinearJitterBackoff,
 	}
 
 	transport := config.HttpClient.Transport.(*http.Transport)
@@ -178,9 +180,6 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 		return http.ErrUseLastResponse
 	}
 
-	config.Backoff = retryablehttp.LinearJitterBackoff
-	config.MaxRetries = 2
-
 	return config
 }