diff --git a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu.go b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu.go
index 3a2780a..f073282 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 		handler := newDeviceHandler(ctx, oo.coreProxy, oo.adapterProxy, oo.eventProxy, device, oo)
 		oo.addDeviceHandlerToMap(ctx, handler)
 		handler.device = device
-		handler.reconciling = true
+		handler.startReconciling(ctx)
 		go handler.adoptOrReconcileDevice(ctx, handler.device)
 		// reconcilement will be continued after onu-device entry is added
 	} else {