diff --git a/platform/broadcom/docker-syncd-brcm/start.sh b/platform/broadcom/docker-syncd-brcm/start.sh
index 4f027256a022..cc0a0948e9aa 100755
--- a/platform/broadcom/docker-syncd-brcm/start.sh
+++ b/platform/broadcom/docker-syncd-brcm/start.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ wait_syncd() {
 # If this platform has an initialization file for the Broadcom LED microprocessor, load it
 if [ -r ${PLATFORM_DIR}/led_proc_init.soc ]; then
     wait_syncd
+    sleep 60 # wait until bcm sdk is ready to get a request
     supervisorctl start ledinit
 fi