diff --git a/boards/av/x-v1/src/init.c b/boards/av/x-v1/src/init.c
index ead42eb9f642845dc0beacb3983352fa7245bf9d..36feaa6c9ddcc1cba3b12ff02ed553d2de79dece 100644
--- a/boards/av/x-v1/src/init.c
+++ b/boards/av/x-v1/src/init.c
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 {
 	board_on_reset(-1); /* Reset PWM first thing */
 
-	board_configure_dcache(0);
-
 	/* configure LEDs */
 	board_autoled_initialize();
 
@@ -232,6 +230,9 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 
 __EXPORT int board_app_initialize(uintptr_t arg)
 {
+
+	board_configure_dcache(0);
+
 	px4_platform_init();
 
 	/* configure the DMA allocator */
diff --git a/boards/px4/fmu-v5/src/init.c b/boards/px4/fmu-v5/src/init.c
index b16dda98f65629ce20ea6b040cd21867bb1efd24..721982bff4f934ae4037596a8cf4a80557405141 100644
--- a/boards/px4/fmu-v5/src/init.c
+++ b/boards/px4/fmu-v5/src/init.c
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 {
 	board_on_reset(-1); /* Reset PWM first thing */
 
-	board_configure_dcache(0);
-
 	/* configure LEDs */
 
 	board_autoled_initialize();
@@ -281,6 +279,8 @@ __EXPORT int board_app_initialize(uintptr_t arg)
 {
 	/* Power on Interfaces */
 
+	board_configure_dcache(0);
+
 	VDD_3V3_SD_CARD_EN(true);
 	VDD_5V_PERIPH_EN(true);
 	VDD_5V_HIPOWER_EN(true);