diff --git a/term.c b/term.c

index 9763211..dec0d79 100644

--- a/term.c

+++ b/term.c

@@ -202,10 +202,16 @@ static int term_init(struct kvm *kvm)

 	return 0;

 }

-dev_init(term_init);

+// temporary fix to delay term_init to prevent races between term-poll 

+// and threadpool console RX workers

+// TODO: refactor to synchronize these threads with global cdev.poll_cond/mutex/vq_ready

+// with poll_cond properly initialized earlier

+//dev_init(term_init);

+firmware_init(term_init);

 static int term_exit(struct kvm *kvm)

 {

 	return 0;

 }

-dev_exit(term_exit);

+//dev_exit(term_exit);

+firmware_exit(term_exit);