diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_resource.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_resource.erl
index 50b2132e2..8cb61793d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_resource.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_resource.erl
@@ -352,8 +352,10 @@ safe_atom(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) -> binary_to_existing_atom(Bin, utf8);
 safe_atom(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> Atom.
 
 parse_opts(Conf, Opts0) ->
-    Opts1 = override_start_after_created(Conf, Opts0),
-    set_no_buffer_workers(Opts1).
+    Opts1 = emqx_resource:fetch_creation_opts(Conf),
+    Opts2 = maps:merge(Opts1, Opts0),
+    Opts = override_start_after_created(Conf, Opts2),
+    set_no_buffer_workers(Opts).
 
 override_start_after_created(Config, Opts) ->
     Enabled = maps:get(enable, Config, true),
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-13503.en.md b/changes/ce/fix-13503.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4f0eb811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-13503.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed an issue where a connector wouldn't respect the configured health check interval when first starting up, and would need an update/restart for the correct value to take effect.