diff --git a/internal/command/meta_backend.go b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
index 11a48c3978d7..d048d12bb37f 100644
--- a/internal/command/meta_backend.go
+++ b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
@@ -398,6 +398,22 @@ func (m *Meta) BackendForCloudPlan(hostname, runId string) (backend.Enhanced, tf
 	}
 	confDiags := c.ConfigureFromSavedPlan(hostname, runId)
 	diags = diags.Append(confDiags)
+
+	// Cloud backend always supports CLI initialization, do it.
+	cliOpts, err := m.backendCLIOpts()
+	if err != nil {
+		diags = diags.Append(err)
+		return nil, diags
+	}
+	if err := c.CLIInit(cliOpts); err != nil {
+		diags = diags.Append(fmt.Errorf(
+			"Error initializing cloud backend: %s\n\n"+
+				"This is a bug; please report it to the Terraform developers",
+			err,
+		))
+		return nil, diags
+	}
+
 	return c, diags
 }