diff --git a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
index 1da903d7f7..36444dd36f 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
@@ -248,23 +248,6 @@ static void start_other_core(void)
     }
 #endif
 
-#if CONFIG_ESP_CRYPTO_FORCE_ECC_CONSTANT_TIME_POINT_MUL
-    bool force_constant_time = true;
-#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32H2
-    if (!ESP_CHIP_REV_ABOVE(efuse_hal_chip_revision(), 102)) {
-        force_constant_time = false;
-    }
-#endif
-    if (!esp_efuse_read_field_bit(ESP_EFUSE_ECC_FORCE_CONST_TIME) && force_constant_time) {
-        ESP_EARLY_LOGD(TAG, "Forcefully enabling ECC constant time operations");
-        esp_err_t err = esp_efuse_write_field_bit(ESP_EFUSE_ECC_FORCE_CONST_TIME);
-        if (err != ESP_OK) {
-            ESP_EARLY_LOGE(TAG, "Enabling ECC constant time operations forcefully failed.");
-            return err;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
     ets_set_appcpu_boot_addr((uint32_t)call_start_cpu1);
 
     bool cpus_up = false;
diff --git a/components/esp_system/startup.c b/components/esp_system/startup.c
index 4689f95ac6..a1076ff224 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/startup.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/startup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 
 /***********************************************/
 // Headers for other components init functions
+
+#if CONFIG_ESP_CRYPTO_FORCE_ECC_CONSTANT_TIME_POINT_MUL
+#include "soc/chip_revision.h"
+#include "hal/efuse_hal.h"
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG_SW_COEXIST_ENABLE || CONFIG_EXTERNAL_COEX_ENABLE
 #include "private/esp_coexist_internal.h"
 #endif
@@ -390,6 +396,20 @@ static void do_core_init(void)
     }
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_CRYPTO_FORCE_ECC_CONSTANT_TIME_POINT_MUL
+    bool force_constant_time = true;
+#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32H2
+    if (!ESP_CHIP_REV_ABOVE(efuse_hal_chip_revision(), 102)) {
+        force_constant_time = false;
+    }
+#endif
+    if (!esp_efuse_read_field_bit(ESP_EFUSE_ECC_FORCE_CONST_TIME) && force_constant_time) {
+        ESP_EARLY_LOGD(TAG, "Forcefully enabling ECC constant time operations");
+        esp_err_t err = esp_efuse_write_field_bit(ESP_EFUSE_ECC_FORCE_CONST_TIME);
+        assert(err == ESP_OK && "Failed to enable ECC constant time operations");
+    }
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG_SECURE_DISABLE_ROM_DL_MODE
     err = esp_efuse_disable_rom_download_mode();
     assert(err == ESP_OK && "Failed to disable ROM download mode");