diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/optee.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/optee.c
index e123de6e8c67a9..25bfb465484d08 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/optee.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/optee.c
@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ static int scmi_optee_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *de
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free_shm;
 
+	ret = tee_client_system_session(scmi_optee_private->tee_ctx, channel->tee_session);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_warn(dev, "Could not switch to system session, do best effort\n");
+
 	ret = get_channel(channel);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_close_sess;