diff --git a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/init_efrPlatform.cpp b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/init_efrPlatform.cpp
index fcb7be1b1bc76e..7e88938e78bdfd 100644
--- a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/init_efrPlatform.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/init_efrPlatform.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void initAntenna(void);
 void init_efrPlatform(void)
 {
     sl_system_init();
-
+    sl_mbedtls_init();
 #if CHIP_ENABLE_OPENTHREAD
 #ifdef MGM24
     sl_openthread_init();