diff --git a/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c b/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
index b0d5888ba..1022f0650 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
@@ -2995,8 +2995,7 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 	}
 
 	cpu_iface = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_CPU);
-	impl->dsp.cpu_flags = cpu_iface ? spa_cpu_get_flags(cpu_iface) : 0;
-	dsp_ops_init(&impl->dsp);
+	dsp_ops_init(&impl->dsp, cpu_iface ? spa_cpu_get_flags(cpu_iface) : 0);
 
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP) == NULL)
 		pw_properties_setf(props, PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP, "filter-chain-%u-%u", pid, id);
diff --git a/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.c b/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.c
index 56eafe868..7a21177bc 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.c
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ static void impl_dsp_ops_free(struct dsp_ops *ops)
 	spa_zero(*ops);
 }
 
-int dsp_ops_init(struct dsp_ops *ops)
+int dsp_ops_init(struct dsp_ops *ops, uint32_t cpu_flags)
 {
 	const struct dsp_info *info;
 
-	info = find_dsp_info(ops->cpu_flags);
+	info = find_dsp_info(cpu_flags);
 	if (info == NULL)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 
+	ops->cpu_flags = cpu_flags;
 	ops->priv = info;
 	ops->free = impl_dsp_ops_free;
 	ops->funcs = info->funcs;
diff --git a/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.h b/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.h
index 676548025..a1a7ab90f 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.h
+++ b/src/modules/module-filter-chain/dsp-ops.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct dsp_ops {
 	const void *priv;
 };
 
-int dsp_ops_init(struct dsp_ops *ops);
+int dsp_ops_init(struct dsp_ops *ops, uint32_t cpu_flags);
 
 #define dsp_ops_free(ops)		(ops)->free(ops)