diff --git a/samples/subsys/pm/device_pm/src/dummy_driver.c b/samples/subsys/pm/device_pm/src/dummy_driver.c
index c0d0f3873be..9164da50bbe 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/pm/device_pm/src/dummy_driver.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/pm/device_pm/src/dummy_driver.c
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ int dummy_init(const struct device *dev)
 PM_DEVICE_DEFINE(dummy_driver, dummy_device_pm_action);
 
 DEVICE_DEFINE(dummy_driver, DUMMY_DRIVER_NAME, &dummy_init,
-		    PM_DEVICE_GET(dummy_driver), NULL, NULL, APPLICATION,
+		    PM_DEVICE_GET(dummy_driver), NULL, NULL, POST_KERNEL,
 		    CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, &funcs);
diff --git a/samples/subsys/pm/latency/src/test.c b/samples/subsys/pm/latency/src/test.c
index b9d31f4415c..bf94c9c1bf8 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/pm/latency/src/test.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/pm/latency/src/test.c
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ int dev_test_init(const struct device *dev)
 static struct dev_test_data data;
 
 DEVICE_DEFINE(dev_test, "dev_test", &dev_test_init, NULL, &data, NULL,
-	      APPLICATION, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, &dev_test_api);
+	      POST_KERNEL, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, &dev_test_api);