diff --git a/src/intel_rdt.c b/src/intel_rdt.c
index d1a0c51d9a..6beac7b42b 100644
--- a/src/intel_rdt.c
+++ b/src/intel_rdt.c
@@ -478,10 +478,6 @@ static int rdt_preinit(void) {
     return (-ENOMEM);
   }
 
-  /* In case previous instance of the application was not closed properly
-   * call fini and ignore return code. */
-  pqos_fini();
-
   struct pqos_config pqos = {.fd_log = -1,
                              .callback_log = rdt_pqos_log,
                              .context_log = NULL,
@@ -512,6 +508,9 @@ static int rdt_preinit(void) {
     goto rdt_preinit_error2;
   }
 
+  /* Reset pqos monitoring groups registers */
+  pqos_mon_reset();
+
   return (0);
 
 rdt_preinit_error2: