diff --git a/Marlin/src/HAL/SAMD51/eeprom_wired.cpp b/Marlin/src/HAL/SAMD51/eeprom_wired.cpp
index 8c94422422..e5c14e9cbf 100644
--- a/Marlin/src/HAL/SAMD51/eeprom_wired.cpp
+++ b/Marlin/src/HAL/SAMD51/eeprom_wired.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@
 #include "../shared/eeprom_api.h"
 
 size_t PersistentStore::capacity()    { return E2END + 1; }
-bool PersistentStore::access_start()  { return true; }
 bool PersistentStore::access_finish() { return true; }
 
+bool PersistentStore::access_start() {
+  eeprom_init();
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool PersistentStore::write_data(int &pos, const uint8_t *value, size_t size, uint16_t *crc) {
   while (size--) {
     const uint8_t v = *value;
diff --git a/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if.h b/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if.h
index 1a6b0c97fb..bf690f9a88 100644
--- a/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if.h
+++ b/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
 //
 // EEPROM
 //
+void eeprom_init();
 void eeprom_write_byte(uint8_t *pos, unsigned char value);
 uint8_t eeprom_read_byte(uint8_t *pos);
diff --git a/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if_i2c.cpp b/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if_i2c.cpp
index e2435a7122..0f429b7c67 100644
--- a/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if_i2c.cpp
+++ b/Marlin/src/HAL/shared/eeprom_if_i2c.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static constexpr uint8_t eeprom_device_address = I2C_ADDRESS(EEPROM_DEVICE_ADDRE
 // Public functions
 // ------------------------
 
-static void eeprom_init() { Wire.begin(); }
+void eeprom_init() { Wire.begin(); }
 
 void eeprom_write_byte(uint8_t *pos, unsigned char value) {
   const unsigned eeprom_address = (unsigned)pos;