diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Init.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Init.java
index 0baa15c59f..4e62a0f88b 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Init.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Init.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import com.google.gerrit.pgm.util.ErrorLogFile;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfigModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePath;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.GerritIndexStatus;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountSchemaDefinitions;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeSchemaDefinitions;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupSchemaDefinitions;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ioutil.HostPlatform;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.securestore.SecureStoreClassName;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.ReplicaUtil;
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ public class Init extends BaseInit {
 
   @Inject Browser browser;
 
-  private boolean projectsIndexExists;
+  private GerritIndexStatus indexStatus;
 
   public Init() {
     super(new WarDistribution(), null);
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ public class Init extends BaseInit {
 
   @Override
   protected boolean beforeInit(SiteInit init) throws Exception {
-    projectsIndexExists = new GerritIndexStatus(init.site).exists(ProjectSchemaDefinitions.NAME);
+    indexStatus = new GerritIndexStatus(init.site);
     ErrorLogFile.errorOnlyConsole();
 
     if (!skipPlugins) {
@@ -133,6 +136,12 @@ public class Init extends BaseInit {
 
   @Override
   protected void afterInit(SiteRun run) throws Exception {
+    List<SchemaDefinitions<?>> schemaDefs =
+        ImmutableList.of(
+            AccountSchemaDefinitions.INSTANCE,
+            ChangeSchemaDefinitions.INSTANCE,
+            GroupSchemaDefinitions.INSTANCE,
+            ProjectSchemaDefinitions.INSTANCE);
     List<Module> modules = new ArrayList<>();
     modules.add(
         new AbstractModule() {
@@ -147,8 +156,12 @@ public class Init extends BaseInit {
         });
     modules.add(new GerritServerConfigModule());
     Guice.createInjector(modules).injectMembers(this);
-    if (!ReplicaUtil.isReplica(run.flags.cfg) && !projectsIndexExists) {
-      reindex(ProjectSchemaDefinitions.INSTANCE);
+    if (!ReplicaUtil.isReplica(run.flags.cfg)) {
+      for (SchemaDefinitions<?> schemaDef : schemaDefs) {
+        if (!indexStatus.exists(schemaDef.getName())) {
+          reindex(schemaDef);
+        }
+      }
     }
     start(run);
   }
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
index 38b7e0e35b..cf349ab6a1 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.ElasticVersion;
 import com.google.gerrit.testing.ConfigSuite;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
-import org.junit.Before;
 
 public class ElasticReindexIT extends AbstractReindexTests {
 
@@ -39,10 +38,4 @@ public class ElasticReindexIT extends AbstractReindexTests {
   public void configureIndex(Injector injector) {
     createAllIndexes(injector);
   }
-
-  @Before
-  public void reindexFirstSinceElastic() throws Exception {
-    assertServerStartupFails();
-    runGerrit("reindex", "-d", sitePaths.site_path.toString(), "--show-stack-trace");
-  }
 }