diff --git a/src/platform/intel/ace/platform.c b/src/platform/intel/ace/platform.c
index 86afbfa80fef..0fbf364931e2 100644
--- a/src/platform/intel/ace/platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/intel/ace/platform.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <ipc/info.h>
 #include <kernel/abi.h>
 #include <rtos/clk.h>
+#include <sof/lib/cpu.h>
 
 #include <sof_versions.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ int platform_boot_complete(uint32_t boot_message)
 	return ipc_platform_send_msg(&msg);
 }
 
+static struct pm_notifier pm_state_notifier = {
+	.state_entry = NULL,
+	.state_exit = cpu_notify_state_exit,
+};
+
 /* Runs on the primary core only */
 int platform_init(struct sof *sof)
 {
@@ -114,6 +120,9 @@ int platform_init(struct sof *sof)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* register power states entry / exit notifiers */
+	pm_notifier_register(&pm_state_notifier);
+
 	/* initialize the host IPC mechanisms */
 	trace_point(TRACE_BOOT_PLATFORM_IPC);
 	ipc_init(sof);
diff --git a/west.yml b/west.yml
index beb5ac8d0882..9583cf6f4472 100644
--- a/west.yml
+++ b/west.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ manifest:
 
     - name: zephyr
       repo-path: zephyr
-      revision: 3e02d48e4ead9978d10ee760c640bf55873f6e95
+      revision: aba3b12e311b4779338406fe3e7c4c54f655d0cd
       remote: zephyrproject
 
       # Import some projects listed in zephyr/west.yml@revision
diff --git a/zephyr/include/sof/lib/cpu.h b/zephyr/include/sof/lib/cpu.h
index 41328ee9ebe4..81a8840742b8 100644
--- a/zephyr/include/sof/lib/cpu.h
+++ b/zephyr/include/sof/lib/cpu.h
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-//#include <zephyr/sys/arch_interface.h>
-
 #include <zephyr/arch/arch_inlines.h>
 
+#if CONFIG_PM
+
+#include <zephyr/pm/pm.h>
+
+void cpu_notify_state_exit(enum pm_state state);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PM */
+
 /* let the compiler optimise when in single core mode */
 #if CONFIG_MULTICORE && CONFIG_SMP
 
diff --git a/zephyr/lib/cpu.c b/zephyr/lib/cpu.c
index 882a7c8baf47..448697bfd6b8 100644
--- a/zephyr/lib/cpu.c
+++ b/zephyr/lib/cpu.c
@@ -59,12 +59,26 @@ static FUNC_NORETURN void secondary_init(void *arg)
 #if CONFIG_ZEPHYR_NATIVE_DRIVERS
 #include <sof/trace/trace.h>
 #include <rtos/wait.h>
-#include <zephyr/pm/pm.h>
 
 LOG_MODULE_DECLARE(zephyr, CONFIG_SOF_LOG_LEVEL);
 
 extern struct tr_ctx zephyr_tr;
 
+/* notifier called after every power state transition */
+void cpu_notify_state_exit(enum pm_state state)
+{
+	if (state == PM_STATE_SOFT_OFF)	{
+#if CONFIG_MULTICORE
+		if (!cpu_is_primary(arch_proc_id())) {
+			/* Notifying primary core that secondary core successfully exit the D3
+			 * state and is back in the Idle thread.
+			 */
+			atomic_set(&ready_flag, 1);
+		}
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
 int cpu_enable_core(int id)
 {
 	/* only called from single core, no RMW lock */
@@ -79,7 +93,13 @@ int cpu_enable_core(int id)
 		return 0;
 
 #if ZEPHYR_VERSION(3, 0, 99) <= ZEPHYR_VERSION_CODE
-	z_init_cpu(id);
+	/* During kernel initialization, the next pm state is set to ACTIVE. By checking this
+	 * value, we determine if this is the first core boot, if not, we need to skip idle thread
+	 * initialization. By reinitializing the idle thread, we would overwrite the kernel structs
+	 * and the idle thread stack.
+	 */
+	if (pm_state_next_get(id)->state == PM_STATE_ACTIVE)
+		z_init_cpu(id);
 #endif
 
 	atomic_clear(&start_flag);