diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.cpp b/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.cpp
index 0d63ca2..82bd9aa 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.cpp
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.cpp
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@
 
 void PowerSupply::clearFaults()
 {
-    faultFound = false;
-    inputFault = false;
-    mfrFault = false;
-    vinUVFault = false;
-    readFail = 0;
-    faultLogged = false;
-
     // The PMBus device driver does not allow for writing CLEAR_FAULTS
     // directly. However, the pmbus hwmon device driver code will send a
     // CLEAR_FAULTS after reading from any of the hwmon "files" in sysfs, so
@@ -143,6 +136,13 @@
     // I do not care what the return value is.
     if (present)
     {
+        faultFound = false;
+        inputFault = false;
+        mfrFault = false;
+        vinUVFault = false;
+        readFail = 0;
+        faultLogged = false;
+
         try
         {
             static_cast<void>(
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
             // or write failures.
             using namespace std::chrono_literals;
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(20ms);
+            pmbusIntf->findHwmonDir();
             onOffConfig(phosphor::pmbus::ON_OFF_CONFIG_CONTROL_PIN_ONLY);
             clearFaults();
             updateInventory();
diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.hpp b/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.hpp
index 757171d..a73e14e 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/power_supply.hpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     /** @brief systemd bus member */
     sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus;
 
-    /** @brief Will be updated to the latest/lastvalue read from STATUS_WORD. */
+    /** @brief Will be updated to the latest/lastvalue read from STATUS_WORD.*/
     uint64_t statusWord = 0;
 
     /** @brief True if a fault has already been found and not cleared */
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
      *
      * Used to read or write to/from PMBus power supply devices.
      */
-    std::unique_ptr<phosphor::pmbus::PMBusBase> pmbusIntf;
+    std::unique_ptr<phosphor::pmbus::PMBusBase> pmbusIntf = nullptr;
 
     /** @brief Stored copy of the firmware version/revision string */
     std::string fwVersion;
diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/test/mock.hpp b/phosphor-power-supply/test/mock.hpp
index 02e3947..f99b33f 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/test/mock.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/test/mock.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     MOCK_METHOD(void, writeBinary,
                 (const std::string& name, std::vector<uint8_t> data, Type type),
                 (override));
+    MOCK_METHOD(void, findHwmonDir, (), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(const fs::path&, path, (), (const, override));
 };
 } // namespace pmbus