diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/swssconfig.sh b/dockers/docker-orchagent/swssconfig.sh
index 850a4afd1ef..7188703d23e 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/swssconfig.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/swssconfig.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ fast_reboot
 
 HWSKU=`sonic-cfggen -d -v "DEVICE_METADATA['localhost']['hwsku']"`
 
+# Don't load json config if system warm start or
+# swss docker warm start is enabled, the data already exists in appDB.
+SYSTEM_WARM_START=`redis-cli -n 4 hget "WARM_RESTART|system" enable`
+SWSS_WARM_START=`redis-cli -n 4 hget "WARM_RESTART|swss" enable`
+if [[ "$SYSTEM_WARM_START" == "true" ]] || [[ "$SWSS_WARM_START" == "true" ]]; then
+  # We have to make sure db data has not been flushed.
+  RESTART_COUNT=`redis-cli -n 6 hget "WARM_RESTART_TABLE|orchagent" restart_count`
+  if [[ -n "$RESTART_COUNT" ]] && [[ "$RESTART_COUNT" != "0" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
 SWSSCONFIG_ARGS="00-copp.config.json ipinip.json ports.json switch.json "
 
 for file in $SWSSCONFIG_ARGS; do