diff --git a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.cpp
index c2b24e3..1815361 100644
--- a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer::CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer()
     : _im2col_kernel(), _weights_reshape_kernel(), _v2mm_kernel(), _vector_to_tensor_kernel(), _output_stage_kernel(), _v2mm_input_fill_border(), _v2mm_weights_fill_border(), _input_reshaped(),
-      _weights_reshaped(), _v2mm_output(), _output_reshaped(), _is_first_run(true), _is_quantized(false), _original_weights(nullptr)
+      _weights_reshaped(), _v2mm_output(), _output_reshaped(), _is_prepared(false), _is_quantized(false), _original_weights(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     const size_t weights_h = weights->info()->dimension(1);
     const size_t weights_z = weights->info()->dimension(2);
 
-    _is_first_run     = true;
+    _is_prepared      = false;
     _original_weights = weights;
     _is_quantized     = is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(input->info()->data_type());
 
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@
 
     // Allocate intermediate tensors
     _input_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
-    _weights_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
     _v2mm_output.allocator()->allocate();
 }
 
@@ -235,18 +234,7 @@
 
 void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer::run()
 {
-    // Run weights reshaping (Runs once for every configure)
-    if(_is_first_run)
-    {
-        ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(!_original_weights->is_used());
-
-        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_weights_reshape_kernel);
-        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_v2mm_weights_fill_border);
-        _is_first_run = false;
-
-        // Mark original weights tensor as unused
-        _original_weights->mark_as_unused();
-    }
+    prepare();
 
     CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_im2col_kernel);
     CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_v2mm_input_fill_border);
@@ -257,3 +245,20 @@
         CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_output_stage_kernel);
     }
 }
+
+void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer::prepare()
+{
+    if(!_is_prepared)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(!_original_weights->is_used());
+
+        // Run weights reshaping and mark original weights tensor as unused
+        _weights_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
+        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_weights_reshape_kernel);
+        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_v2mm_weights_fill_border);
+        _original_weights->mark_as_unused();
+
+        CLScheduler::get().queue().finish();
+        _is_prepared = true;
+    }
+}