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);