diff --git a/src/acc/PACKAGE b/src/acc/PACKAGE
index 9b1679e7c76..d7d0347d84f 100644
--- a/src/acc/PACKAGE
+++ b/src/acc/PACKAGE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 "description": "Generic accelerator API",
 "archive": "libdbcsr",
-"requires": ["../base", "cuda", "hip", "opencl", "libsmm_acc"]
+"requires": ["../base", "../core", "cuda", "hip", "opencl", "libsmm_acc"]
 }
diff --git a/src/acc/dbcsr_acc_init.F b/src/acc/dbcsr_acc_init.F
index fe7d6725273..c27247dce20 100644
--- a/src/acc/dbcsr_acc_init.F
+++ b/src/acc/dbcsr_acc_init.F
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ MODULE dbcsr_acc_init
 #if defined (__DBCSR_ACC)
    USE ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY: C_INT, C_CHAR, C_PTR, C_NULL_PTR, C_NULL_CHAR, C_ASSOCIATED
 #endif
+   USE dbcsr_acc_device, ONLY: dbcsr_acc_set_active_device
+   USE dbcsr_config, ONLY: get_accdrv_active_device_id
 #include "base/dbcsr_base_uses.f90"
 
    IMPLICIT NONE
@@ -47,9 +49,15 @@ SUBROUTINE acc_init()
       DBCSR_ABORT("__DBCSR_ACC not compiled in.")
 #else
       INTEGER                                  :: istat
+      ! Set active device first
+      CALL dbcsr_acc_set_active_device(get_accdrv_active_device_id())
+!$OMP    PARALLEL DEFAULT(NONE) PRIVATE(istat)
+!$OMP    MASTER
       istat = acc_interface_drv_init()
       IF (istat /= 0) &
          DBCSR_ABORT("acc_init failed")
+!$OMP    END MASTER
+!$OMP    END PARALLEL
 #endif
    END SUBROUTINE acc_init
 
@@ -58,10 +66,14 @@ SUBROUTINE acc_finalize()
 #if ! defined (__DBCSR_ACC)
       DBCSR_ABORT("__DBCSR_ACC not compiled in.")
 #else
-      INTEGER                                  :: istat
+      INTEGER                                :: istat
+!$OMP    PARALLEL DEFAULT(NONE) PRIVATE(istat)
+!$OMP    MASTER
       istat = acc_interface_drv_finalize()
       IF (istat /= 0) &
          DBCSR_ABORT("acc_finalize failed")
+!$OMP    END MASTER
+!$OMP    END PARALLEL
 #endif
    END SUBROUTINE acc_finalize
 
diff --git a/src/core/dbcsr_lib.F b/src/core/dbcsr_lib.F
index 34a7d913706..1de0d9882ca 100644
--- a/src/core/dbcsr_lib.F
+++ b/src/core/dbcsr_lib.F
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ MODULE dbcsr_lib
 
    !! Routines that affect the DBCSR library as a whole
    USE dbcsr_acc_init, ONLY: acc_finalize, acc_init
-   USE dbcsr_acc_device, ONLY: dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices, dbcsr_acc_set_active_device
-   USE dbcsr_config, ONLY: get_accdrv_active_device_id, &
-                           set_accdrv_active_device_id, &
+   USE dbcsr_acc_device, ONLY: dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices
+   USE dbcsr_config, ONLY: set_accdrv_active_device_id, &
                            reset_accdrv_active_device_id, &
                            dbcsr_set_config, &
                            has_acc
@@ -204,24 +203,18 @@ SUBROUTINE dbcsr_init_lib_pre(mp_comm, io_unit, accdrv_active_device_id)
 
       ! Initialize Acc and set active device
       IF (has_acc) THEN
-!$OMP    PARALLEL
-!$OMP    MASTER
-         CALL acc_init()
-!$OMP    END MASTER
-!$OMP    END PARALLEL
-         IF (dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices() > 0) THEN
-            IF (PRESENT(accdrv_active_device_id)) THEN
-               CALL set_accdrv_active_device_id(accdrv_active_device_id)
-            ELSE
-               ! Use round-robin assignment per rank
-               CALL set_accdrv_active_device_id(MOD(mynode, dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices()))
-            END IF
+         IF (PRESENT(accdrv_active_device_id)) THEN
+            CALL set_accdrv_active_device_id(accdrv_active_device_id)
+         ELSEIF (dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices() > 0) THEN
+            ! Use round-robin assignment per rank
+            CALL set_accdrv_active_device_id(MOD(mynode, dbcsr_acc_get_ndevices()))
+         ELSE
+            DBCSR_ABORT("dbcsr_init_lib: No recongnized GPU devices")
          END IF
+         CALL acc_init()
       END IF
 
 #if defined(__DBCSR_ACC)
-      CALL dbcsr_acc_set_active_device(get_accdrv_active_device_id())
-
       ! Checks related to DBCSR's GPU backend: check consistency in threading level
       libsmm_acc_thread_safe = libsmm_acc_is_thread_safe()  ! 0: not threaded, 1: threaded
       dbcsr_thread_safe = 0  ! not threaded
@@ -310,11 +303,7 @@ SUBROUTINE dbcsr_finalize_lib()
       ! Reset Acc ID
       CALL reset_accdrv_active_device_id()
       IF (has_acc) THEN
-!$OMP    PARALLEL
-!$OMP    MASTER
          CALL acc_finalize()
-!$OMP    END MASTER
-!$OMP    END PARALLEL
       END IF
 
       ! Check the number of communicators
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2be5a7bdcc4..d768b69d3cb 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ if (USE_ACCEL MATCHES "cuda|hip")
       $<$<STREQUAL:${USE_ACCEL},cuda>:CUDA::cuda_driver> libsmm_acc)
   endforeach ()
 
-  add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_unittest_multiply
-           COMMAND libsmm_acc_unittest_multiply)
-  add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_unittest_transpose
-           COMMAND libsmm_acc_unittest_transpose)
-  add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_timer_multiply-autotuned
-           COMMAND libsmm_acc_timer_multiply autotuned)
-  add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_timer_multiply-predicted
-           COMMAND libsmm_acc_timer_multiply predicted)
+  # Comment for the moment, they are not parallelized, very slow... Check issue
+  # https://github.com/cp2k/dbcsr/issues/427 add_test(NAME
+  # libsmm_acc_unittest_multiply COMMAND libsmm_acc_unittest_multiply)
+  # add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_unittest_transpose COMMAND
+  # libsmm_acc_unittest_transpose) add_test(NAME
+  # libsmm_acc_timer_multiply-autotuned COMMAND libsmm_acc_timer_multiply
+  # autotuned) add_test(NAME libsmm_acc_timer_multiply-predicted COMMAND
+  # libsmm_acc_timer_multiply predicted)
 
 endif ()