diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/board_config.h b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/board_config.h
index dcc3cd65e3..f7bd5c6f4b 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/board_config.h
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/board_config.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 /* Power supply control and monitoring GPIOs */
 #define GPIO_VDD_BRICK_VALID	(GPIO_INPUT|GPIO_PULLUP|GPIO_PORTG|GPIO_PIN5)
 #define GPIO_VDD_BRICK2_VALID	(GPIO_INPUT|GPIO_PULLUP|GPIO_PORTB|GPIO_PIN5)
-#define GPIO_VDD_3V3_SENSORS_EN	(GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PUSHPULL|GPIO_SPEED_2MHz|GPIO_OUTPUT_SET|GPIO_PORTE|GPIO_PIN3)
+#define GPIO_VDD_3V3_SENSORS_EN	(GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PUSHPULL|GPIO_SPEED_2MHz|GPIO_OUTPUT_CLEAR|GPIO_PORTE|GPIO_PIN3)
 #define GPIO_VDD_3V3_PERIPH_EN	(GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PUSHPULL|GPIO_SPEED_2MHz|GPIO_OUTPUT_SET|GPIO_PORTC|GPIO_PIN5)
 #define GPIO_VDD_5V_PERIPH_EN	(GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PUSHPULL|GPIO_SPEED_2MHz|GPIO_OUTPUT_CLEAR|GPIO_PORTG|GPIO_PIN10)
 #define GPIO_VDD_5V_HIPOWER_EN	(GPIO_OUTPUT|GPIO_PUSHPULL|GPIO_SPEED_2MHz|GPIO_OUTPUT_CLEAR|GPIO_PORTF|GPIO_PIN4)
diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/px4fmu_init.c b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/px4fmu_init.c
index 72ffc43cea..826da689d9 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/px4fmu_init.c
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v4pro/px4fmu_init.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 	/* configure LEDs */
 	board_autoled_initialize();
 
+	/* Start with Power off */
+	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_VDD_3V3_SENSORS_EN);
+
 	/* configure ADC pins */
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_ADC1_IN2);	/* BATT_VOLTAGE_SENS */
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_ADC1_IN3);	/* BATT_CURRENT_SENS */
@@ -181,7 +184,6 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 
 	/* configure power supply control/sense pins */
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_VDD_3V3_PERIPH_EN);
-	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_VDD_3V3_SENSORS_EN);
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_VDD_5V_PERIPH_EN);
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_VDD_5V_HIPOWER_EN);
 
@@ -207,8 +209,12 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_GPIO4_OUTPUT);
 	stm32_configgpio(GPIO_GPIO5_OUTPUT);
 
-	/* configure SPI interfaces */
-	stm32_spiinitialize();
+	/* configure SPI interfaces
+	 * is deferred to board_app_initialize
+	 * to delay the sensor power up with
+	 * out adding a delay
+	 */
+
 
 	stm32_usbinitialize();
 
@@ -262,6 +268,15 @@ __EXPORT int board_app_initialize(uintptr_t arg)
 #  error platform is dependent on c++ both CONFIG_HAVE_CXX and CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE must be defined.
 #endif
 
+	/* Bring up the Sensor power */
+
+	stm32_gpiowrite(GPIO_VDD_3V3_SENSORS_EN, 1);
+
+	/* Now it is ok to drvie the pins high
+	 * so configure SPI CPIO */
+
+	stm32_spiinitialize();
+
 	/* configure the high-resolution time/callout interface */
 	hrt_init();