diff --git a/frontend/device/generic/powerd.lua b/frontend/device/generic/powerd.lua
index 3bb8dbadd..e53ac6163 100644
--- a/frontend/device/generic/powerd.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/generic/powerd.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+local UIManager -- will be updated when available
 local TimeVal = require("ui/timeval")
 local logger = require("logger")
 local BasePowerD = {
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ function BasePowerD:new(o)
     return o
 end
 
+function BasePowerD:readyUI()
+    UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+end
+
 function BasePowerD:init() end
 function BasePowerD:setIntensityHW(intensity) end
 function BasePowerD:getCapacityHW() return 0 end
@@ -153,8 +158,7 @@ function BasePowerD:getCapacity()
     -- BasePowerD is loaded before UIManager.
     -- Nothing *currently* calls this before UIManager is actually loaded, but future-proof this anyway.
     local now_ts
-    if package.loaded["ui/uimanager"] ~= nil then
-        local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+    if UIManager then
         now_ts = UIManager:getTime()
     else
         now_ts = TimeVal:now()
@@ -173,8 +177,7 @@ end
 
 function BasePowerD:getAuxCapacity()
     local now_ts
-    if package.loaded["ui/uimanager"] ~= nil then
-        local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+    if UIManager then
         now_ts = UIManager:getTime()
     else
         now_ts = TimeVal:now()
@@ -206,9 +209,8 @@ end
 
 function BasePowerD:stateChanged()
     -- BasePowerD is loaded before UIManager. So we cannot broadcast events before UIManager has been loaded.
-    if package.loaded["ui/uimanager"] ~= nil then
+    if UIManager then
         local Event = require("ui/event")
-        local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
         UIManager:broadcastEvent(Event:new("FrontlightStateChanged"))
     end
 end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
index ceaa6c6e3..7d7744d4d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
@@ -1722,6 +1722,10 @@ It is intended to manage input events and delegate them to dialogs.
 --]]
 function UIManager:run()
     self._running = true
+
+    -- Tell PowerD that we're ready
+    Device:getPowerDevice():readyUI()
+
     self:initLooper()
     -- currently there is no Turbo support for Windows
     -- use our own main loop