diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/tablet_dao.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/tablet_dao.go
index 3ee49a75781..35c71a51eea 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/tablet_dao.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/tablet_dao.go
@@ -35,20 +35,12 @@ import (
 
 // ErrTabletAliasNil is a fixed error message.
 var ErrTabletAliasNil = errors.New("tablet alias is nil")
+var tmc tmclient.TabletManagerClient
 
-// ResetReplicationParameters resets the replication parameters on the given tablet.
-func ResetReplicationParameters(tabletAlias string) error {
-	tablet, err := ReadTablet(tabletAlias)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	tmc := tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient()
-	tmcCtx, tmcCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), topo.RemoteOperationTimeout)
-	defer tmcCancel()
-	if err := tmc.ResetReplicationParameters(tmcCtx, tablet); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+// InitializeTMC initializes the tablet manager client to use for all VTOrc RPC calls.
+func InitializeTMC() tmclient.TabletManagerClient {
+	tmc = tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient()
+	return tmc
 }
 
 // FullStatus gets the full status of the MySQL running in vttablet.
@@ -57,7 +49,6 @@ func FullStatus(tabletAlias string) (*replicationdatapb.FullStatus, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	tmc := tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient()
 	tmcCtx, tmcCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), topo.RemoteOperationTimeout)
 	defer tmcCancel()
 	return tmc.FullStatus(tmcCtx, tablet)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/logic/tablet_discovery.go b/go/vt/vtorc/logic/tablet_discovery.go
index f08ab2c9c15..cda35b8091c 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/logic/tablet_discovery.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/logic/tablet_discovery.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func RegisterFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 // channel for polling.
 func OpenTabletDiscovery() <-chan time.Time {
 	ts = topo.Open()
-	tmc = tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient()
+	tmc = inst.InitializeTMC()
 	// Clear existing cache and perform a new refresh.
 	if _, err := db.ExecVTOrc("delete from vitess_tablet"); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ func changeTabletType(ctx context.Context, tablet *topodatapb.Tablet, tabletType
 	return tmc.ChangeType(ctx, tablet, tabletType, semiSync)
 }
 
+// resetReplicationParameters resets the replication parameters on the given tablet.
+func resetReplicationParameters(ctx context.Context, tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) error {
+	return tmc.ResetReplicationParameters(ctx, tablet)
+}
+
 // setReplicationSource calls the said RPC with the parameters provided
 func setReplicationSource(ctx context.Context, replica *topodatapb.Tablet, primary *topodatapb.Tablet, semiSync bool) error {
 	return tmc.SetReplicationSource(ctx, replica, primary.Alias, 0, "", true, semiSync)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/logic/topology_recovery.go b/go/vt/vtorc/logic/topology_recovery.go
index e5168fea541..c1fc2c8f9fb 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/logic/topology_recovery.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/logic/topology_recovery.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtorc/config"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtorc/inst"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtorc/util"
-	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vttablet/tmclient"
 )
 
 type RecoveryType string
@@ -210,12 +209,15 @@ func recoverPrimaryHasPrimary(ctx context.Context, analysisEntry *inst.Replicati
 		_ = resolveRecovery(topologyRecovery, nil)
 	}()
 
-	// Reset replication on current primary.
-	err = inst.ResetReplicationParameters(analysisEntry.AnalyzedInstanceAlias)
+	// Read the tablet information from the database to find the shard and keyspace of the tablet
+	analyzedTablet, err := inst.ReadTablet(analysisEntry.AnalyzedInstanceAlias)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, topologyRecovery, err
+		return false, nil, err
 	}
-	return true, topologyRecovery, nil
+
+	// Reset replication on current primary.
+	err = resetReplicationParameters(ctx, analyzedTablet)
+	return true, topologyRecovery, err
 }
 
 // runEmergencyReparentOp runs a recovery for which we have to run ERS. Here waitForAllTablets is a boolean telling ERS whether it should wait for all the tablets
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ func runEmergencyReparentOp(ctx context.Context, analysisEntry *inst.Replication
 		_ = resolveRecovery(topologyRecovery, promotedReplica)
 	}()
 
-	ev, err := reparentutil.NewEmergencyReparenter(ts, tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient(), logutil.NewCallbackLogger(func(event *logutilpb.Event) {
+	ev, err := reparentutil.NewEmergencyReparenter(ts, tmc, logutil.NewCallbackLogger(func(event *logutilpb.Event) {
 		level := event.GetLevel()
 		value := event.GetValue()
 		// we only log the warnings and errors explicitly, everything gets logged as an information message anyways in auditing topology recovery
@@ -836,7 +838,7 @@ func electNewPrimary(ctx context.Context, analysisEntry *inst.ReplicationAnalysi
 	}
 	_ = AuditTopologyRecovery(topologyRecovery, "starting PlannedReparentShard for electing new primary.")
 
-	ev, err := reparentutil.NewPlannedReparenter(ts, tmclient.NewTabletManagerClient(), logutil.NewCallbackLogger(func(event *logutilpb.Event) {
+	ev, err := reparentutil.NewPlannedReparenter(ts, tmc, logutil.NewCallbackLogger(func(event *logutilpb.Event) {
 		level := event.GetLevel()
 		value := event.GetValue()
 		// we only log the warnings and errors explicitly, everything gets logged as an information message anyways in auditing topology recovery