diff --git a/soc/nordic/common/Kconfig b/soc/nordic/common/Kconfig
index 6ed44bdd8cb..f337358e30d 100644
--- a/soc/nordic/common/Kconfig
+++ b/soc/nordic/common/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ config MRAM_LATENCY_SYNC_TIMEOUT
 	help
 	  Timeout is given in milliseconds.
 
+config MRAM_LATENCY_AUTO_REQ
+	bool "Request MRAM without latency at start"
+	help
+	  When enabled then MRAM configuration without latency is requested
+	  during the initialization and is kept enabled until the mram_latency API user
+	  calls mram_no_latency_sync_release().
+
 module = MRAM_LATENCY
 module-str = mram_latency
 source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
diff --git a/soc/nordic/common/mram_latency.c b/soc/nordic/common/mram_latency.c
index 0bfc6d4bfe2..cba1b498d6c 100644
--- a/soc/nordic/common/mram_latency.c
+++ b/soc/nordic/common/mram_latency.c
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ static int init_nrfs(void)
 
 	state = MRAM_LATENCY_ON;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MRAM_LATENCY_AUTO_REQ)) {
+		mram_no_latency_sync_request();
+	}
+
 	return rv;
 }