diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
index 86e27e8..9a94033 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
 }
 
 static const struct tpm_class_ops vtpm_proxy_tpm_ops = {
+	.flags = TPM_OPS_AUTO_STARTUP,
 	.recv = vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_recv,
 	.send = vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_send,
 	.cancel = vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_cancel,
@@ -366,14 +367,6 @@
 						   work);
 	int rc;
 
-	if (proxy_dev->flags & VTPM_PROXY_FLAG_TPM2)
-		rc = tpm2_startup(proxy_dev->chip, TPM2_SU_CLEAR);
-	else
-		rc = tpm_get_timeouts(proxy_dev->chip);
-
-	if (rc)
-		goto err;
-
 	rc = tpm_chip_register(proxy_dev->chip);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;