diff --git a/src/debug/telemetry/performance_monitor.c b/src/debug/telemetry/performance_monitor.c
index 3bd80ad87a6c..605ecc262078 100644
--- a/src/debug/telemetry/performance_monitor.c
+++ b/src/debug/telemetry/performance_monitor.c
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ int io_perf_monitor_init(void)
 }
 
 /* init performance monitor using Zephyr */
-SYS_INIT(io_perf_monitor_init, APPLICATION, CONFIG_APPLICATION_INIT_PRIORITY);
+/* IMPORTANT , this init is now in IPC init, temporarily */
+//SYS_INIT(io_perf_monitor_init, APPLICATION, CONFIG_APPLICATION_INIT_PRIORITY);
 
 static struct io_perf_data_item *io_perf_monitor_get_next_slot(struct io_perf_monitor_ctx *self)
 {
diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc-common.c b/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
index 047ccec244d2..2129f6417108 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ int ipc_init(struct sof *sof)
 	list_init(&sof->ipc->comp_list);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_IO_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS
+	io_perf_monitor_init();
 	struct io_perf_data_item init_data = {IPC_ID,
 					      cpu_get_id(),
 					      INPUT_DIRECTION,