diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index 7ed83fb74fcc..5d197160bf53 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -3962,6 +3962,8 @@ static int ipa3_post_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 	/* Prevent consequent calls from trying to load the FW again. */
 	if (ipa3_ctx->ipa_initialization_complete)
 		return 0;
+	/* move proxy vote for modem on ipa3_post_init */
+	IPA_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_INC_SPECIAL("PROXY_CLK_VOTE");
 
 	if (ipa3_ctx->transport_prototype == IPA_TRANSPORT_TYPE_GSI) {
 		memset(&gsi_props, 0, sizeof(gsi_props));
@@ -4275,7 +4277,6 @@ static int ipa3_pre_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 	int i;
 	struct ipa3_flt_tbl *flt_tbl;
 	struct ipa3_rt_tbl_set *rset;
-	struct ipa_active_client_logging_info log_info;
 
 	IPADBG("IPA Driver initialization started\n");
 
@@ -4465,8 +4466,7 @@ static int ipa3_pre_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 
 	mutex_init(&ipa3_ctx->ipa3_active_clients.mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&ipa3_ctx->ipa3_active_clients.spinlock);
-	IPA_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_PREP_SPECIAL(log_info, "PROXY_CLK_VOTE");
-	ipa3_active_clients_log_inc(&log_info, false);
+	/* move proxy vote for modem to ipa3_post_init() */
 	ipa3_ctx->ipa3_active_clients.cnt = 1;
 
 	/* Assign resource limitation to each group */
@@ -4702,7 +4702,6 @@ static int ipa3_pre_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 
 	init_completion(&ipa3_ctx->init_completion_obj);
 	init_completion(&ipa3_ctx->uc_loaded_completion_obj);
-
 	/*
 	 * For GSI, we can't register the GSI driver yet, as it expects
 	 * the GSI FW to be up and running before the registration.
@@ -4745,6 +4744,8 @@ static int ipa3_pre_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 	IPADBG("ipa cdev added successful. major:%d minor:%d\n",
 			MAJOR(ipa3_ctx->dev_num),
 			MINOR(ipa3_ctx->dev_num));
+	/* proxy vote for motem is added in ipa3_post_init() phase */
+	IPA_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_DEC_SIMPLE();
 	return 0;
 
 fail_cdev_add: