diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/controller/charts/vm_chart_controller.dart b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/controller/charts/vm_chart_controller.dart
index 0ce1471e1de..93a366cfe62 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/controller/charts/vm_chart_controller.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/controller/charts/vm_chart_controller.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import '../../data/charts.dart';
 
 class VMChartController extends ChartController {
   VMChartController(this.memoryTimeline, {required this.paused})
-      : super(name: 'VM Memory');
+      : super(name: 'VM Memory') {
+    setupTraces();
+    setupData();
+  }
 
   final ValueListenable<bool> paused;
   final MemoryTimeline memoryTimeline;
diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/widgets/charts/vm_chart.dart b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/widgets/charts/vm_chart.dart
index 0f902827ee2..9361db1738c 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/widgets/charts/vm_chart.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/lib/src/screens/memory/panes/chart/widgets/charts/vm_chart.dart
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ class MemoryVMChartState extends State<MemoryVMChart> with AutoDisposeMixin {
   void _init() {
     cancelListeners();
 
-    widget.chart.setupTraces();
-    widget.chart.setupData();
-
     addAutoDisposeListener(_memoryTimeline.sampleAddedNotifier, () {
       if (_memoryTimeline.sampleAddedNotifier.value != null) {
         setState(() {