diff --git a/app/src/mouse/Kconfig b/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
index ae6440cf4d2..a3ebff8087a 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
+++ b/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
@@ -55,4 +55,12 @@ config ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT
     default y
     depends on DT_HAS_ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT_ENABLED && ZMK_SPLIT
 
+if ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT
+
+config ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT_INIT_PRIORITY
+    int "Input Split initialization priority"
+    default INPUT_INIT_PRIORITY
+
+endif # ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT
+
 endif
diff --git a/app/src/mouse/input_split.c b/app/src/mouse/input_split.c
index d79f4e76b24..55a84ea4624 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/input_split.c
+++ b/app/src/mouse/input_split.c
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ int zmk_input_split_report_peripheral_event(uint8_t reg, uint8_t type, uint16_t
 
 #define ZIS_INST(n)                                                                                \
     DEVICE_DT_INST_DEFINE(n, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, POST_KERNEL,                                  \
-                          CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, NULL);
-
-DT_INST_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(ZIS_INST)
+                          CONFIG_ZMK_INPUT_SPLIT_INIT_PRIORITY, NULL);
 
 #else
 
@@ -66,6 +64,6 @@ DT_INST_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(ZIS_INST)
     }                                                                                              \
     INPUT_CALLBACK_DEFINE(DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_INST_PHANDLE(n, device)), split_input_handler_##n);
 
-DT_INST_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(ZIS_INST)
+#endif
 
-#endif
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+DT_INST_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(ZIS_INST)
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