diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index 8fbd3dc..fa60f4d 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -9669,6 +9669,8 @@
     adev->use_old_pspd_mix_ctrl = false;
     adev->adm_routing_changed = false;
 
+    audio_extn_perf_lock_init();
+
     /* Loads platform specific libraries dynamically */
     adev->platform = platform_init(adev);
     if (!adev->platform) {
@@ -9861,7 +9863,6 @@
         adev->adm_data = adev->adm_init();
 
     qahwi_init(*device);
-    audio_extn_perf_lock_init();
     audio_extn_adsp_hdlr_init(adev->mixer);
 
     audio_extn_snd_mon_init();
diff --git a/hal/msm8974/platform.c b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
index 0c4b8d3..f81fbba 100644
--- a/hal/msm8974/platform.c
+++ b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
@@ -2972,79 +2972,6 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (platform_is_i2s_ext_modem(snd_card_name, my_data) &&
-        !is_auto_snd_card(snd_card_name)) {
-        ALOGD("%s: Call MIXER_XML_PATH_I2S", __func__);
-
-        adev->audio_route = audio_route_init(adev->snd_card,
-                                             MIXER_XML_PATH_I2S);
-    } else {
-        /* Get the codec internal name from the sound card name
-         * and form the mixer paths file name dynamically. This
-         * is generic way of picking any codec name based mixer
-         * files in future with no code change. This code
-         * assumes mixer files are formed with format as
-         * mixer_paths_internalcodecname.xml
-
-         * If this dynamically read mixer files fails to open then it
-         * falls back to default mixer file i.e mixer_paths.xml. This is
-         * done to preserve backward compatibility but not mandatory as
-         * long as the mixer files are named as per above assumption.
-        */
-        snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s_%s.xml",
-                         MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->snd_card,
-                         snd_split_handle->form_factor);
-        if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
-            memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
-            snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s.xml",
-                         MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->variant);
-
-            if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
-                memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
-                snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s.xml",
-                             MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->snd_card);
-
-                if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
-                    memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
-                    strlcpy(mixer_xml_file, MIXER_XML_DEFAULT_PATH, MIXER_PATH_MAX_LENGTH);
-                    audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        ALOGD("%s: Loading mixer file: %s", __func__, mixer_xml_file);
-        if (audio_extn_read_xml(adev, adev->snd_card, mixer_xml_file,
-                                MIXER_XML_PATH_AUXPCM) == -ENOSYS) {
-            adev->audio_route = audio_route_init(adev->snd_card, mixer_xml_file);
-            update_codec_type_and_interface(my_data, snd_card_name);
-        }
-    }
-
-#if defined (PLATFORM_MSMFALCON) || defined (PLATFORM_MSM8937)
-         if (my_data->is_internal_codec == true) {
-            msm_device_to_be_id = msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec;
-            msm_be_id_array_len  =
-                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec) /
-                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec[0]);
-         } else {
-            msm_device_to_be_id = msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec;
-            msm_be_id_array_len  =
-                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec) /
-                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec[0]);
-         }
-#endif
-
-    if (!adev->audio_route) {
-        ALOGE("%s: Failed to init audio route controls, aborting.",
-               __func__);
-        if (my_data)
-            free(my_data);
-        if (snd_card_name)
-            free(snd_card_name);
-        audio_extn_utils_close_snd_mixer(adev->mixer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     adev->dp_allowed_for_voice =
         property_get_bool("vendor.audio.enable.dp.for.voice", false);
 
@@ -3245,6 +3172,84 @@
         platform_info_init(platform_info_file, my_data, PLATFORM);
     }
 
+    // acquire perf lock to reduce the time for audio route init
+    audio_extn_perf_lock_acquire(&adev->perf_lock_handle, 0,
+                                 adev->perf_lock_opts,
+                                 adev->perf_lock_opts_size);
+    if (platform_is_i2s_ext_modem(snd_card_name, my_data) &&
+        !is_auto_snd_card(snd_card_name)) {
+        ALOGD("%s: Call MIXER_XML_PATH_I2S", __func__);
+
+        adev->audio_route = audio_route_init(adev->snd_card,
+                                             MIXER_XML_PATH_I2S);
+    } else {
+        /* Get the codec internal name from the sound card name
+         * and form the mixer paths file name dynamically. This
+         * is generic way of picking any codec name based mixer
+         * files in future with no code change. This code
+         * assumes mixer files are formed with format as
+         * mixer_paths_internalcodecname.xml
+
+         * If this dynamically read mixer files fails to open then it
+         * falls back to default mixer file i.e mixer_paths.xml. This is
+         * done to preserve backward compatibility but not mandatory as
+         * long as the mixer files are named as per above assumption.
+        */
+        snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s_%s.xml",
+                         MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->snd_card,
+                         snd_split_handle->form_factor);
+        if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
+            memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
+            snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s.xml",
+                         MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->variant);
+
+            if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
+                memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
+                snprintf(mixer_xml_file, sizeof(mixer_xml_file), "%s_%s.xml",
+                             MIXER_XML_BASE_STRING, snd_split_handle->snd_card);
+
+                if (!audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file)) {
+                    memset(mixer_xml_file, 0, sizeof(mixer_xml_file));
+                    strlcpy(mixer_xml_file, MIXER_XML_DEFAULT_PATH, MIXER_PATH_MAX_LENGTH);
+                    audio_extn_utils_resolve_config_file(mixer_xml_file);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        ALOGD("%s: Loading mixer file: %s", __func__, mixer_xml_file);
+        if (audio_extn_read_xml(adev, adev->snd_card, mixer_xml_file,
+                                MIXER_XML_PATH_AUXPCM) == -ENOSYS) {
+            adev->audio_route = audio_route_init(adev->snd_card, mixer_xml_file);
+            update_codec_type_and_interface(my_data, snd_card_name);
+        }
+    }
+    audio_extn_perf_lock_release(&adev->perf_lock_handle);
+
+    if (!adev->audio_route) {
+        ALOGE("%s: Failed to init audio route controls, aborting.",
+               __func__);
+        if (my_data)
+            free(my_data);
+        if (snd_card_name)
+            free(snd_card_name);
+        audio_extn_utils_close_snd_mixer(adev->mixer);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+#if defined (PLATFORM_MSMFALCON) || defined (PLATFORM_MSM8937)
+         if (my_data->is_internal_codec == true) {
+            msm_device_to_be_id = msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec;
+            msm_be_id_array_len  =
+                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec) /
+                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_internal_codec[0]);
+         } else {
+            msm_device_to_be_id = msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec;
+            msm_be_id_array_len  =
+                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec) /
+                sizeof(msm_device_to_be_id_external_codec[0]);
+         }
+#endif
+
     /* CSRA devices support multiple sample rates via I2S at spkr out */
     if (!strncmp(snd_card_name, "qcs405-csra", strlen("qcs405-csra"))) {
         ALOGE("%s: soundcard: %s supports multiple sample rates", __func__, snd_card_name);