diff --git a/boards/nucleo32-l031/board.c b/boards/nucleo32-l031/board.c
index bca66665f2..e9dd918157 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo32-l031/board.c
+++ b/boards/nucleo32-l031/board.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 
 void board_init(void)
 {
-    /* initialize the boards LED */
-    gpio_init(LED0_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
+    /* initialize the CPU */
+    cpu_init();
 
 #ifdef AUTO_INIT_LED0
     /* The LED pin is also used for SPI, so we enable it