diff --git a/salt/utils/asynchronous.py b/salt/utils/asynchronous.py
index 911088a3c29..016fe1748d0 100644
--- a/salt/utils/asynchronous.py
+++ b/salt/utils/asynchronous.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class SyncWrapper:
         self.cls = cls
         if loop_kwarg:
             kwargs[self.loop_kwarg] = self.io_loop
-        self.obj = cls(*args, **kwargs)
+        with current_ioloop(self.io_loop):
+            self.obj = cls(*args, **kwargs)
         self._async_methods = list(
             set(async_methods + getattr(self.obj, "async_methods", []))
         )