diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index c35e243..97f25e1 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -3816,6 +3816,8 @@
     unsigned char *output_prk = NULL;
     size_t ikm_len, salt_len, prk_len, output_prk_size, output_prk_len;
 
+    PSA_INIT( );
+
     output_prk_size = PSA_HASH_LENGTH( alg );
     ASSERT_ALLOC( output_prk, output_prk_size );
 
@@ -3823,7 +3825,6 @@
     salt = mbedtls_test_unhexify_alloc( hex_salt_string, &salt_len );
     prk = mbedtls_test_unhexify_alloc( hex_prk_string, &prk_len );
 
-    PSA_ASSERT( psa_crypto_init() );
     PSA_ASSERT( mbedtls_psa_hkdf_extract( alg, salt, salt_len,
                                           ikm, ikm_len,
                                           output_prk, output_prk_size,
@@ -3850,12 +3851,13 @@
     unsigned char *prk = NULL;
     size_t salt_len, ikm_len, prk_len;
 
+    PSA_INIT( );
+
     ASSERT_ALLOC( prk, PSA_MAC_MAX_SIZE);
     salt_len = 0;
     ikm_len = 0;
     prk_len = 0;
 
-    PSA_ASSERT( psa_crypto_init() );
     output_ret = mbedtls_psa_hkdf_extract( alg, salt, salt_len,
                                            ikm, ikm_len,
                                            prk, PSA_MAC_MAX_SIZE, &prk_len );