diff --git a/repos/os/include/platform_session/connection.h b/repos/os/include/platform_session/connection.h
index fbfa62a024..a0e8a4f2b0 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/platform_session/connection.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/platform_session/connection.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class Platform::Connection : public Genode::Connection<Session>,
 
 				Capability<Device_interface> cap;
 
+				update();
 				with_xml([&] (Xml_node & xml) {
 					xml.for_each_sub_node("device", [&] (Xml_node node) {