diff --git a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/se_binary_workload.py b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/se_binary_workload.py
index b9ecc7f..8ec112e 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/components/boards/se_binary_workload.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/components/boards/se_binary_workload.py
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@
 
         if self.get_processor().get_num_cores() > 1:
             warn("SimPoints only works with one core")
-        self.get_processor().get_cores()[0].set_simpoint(
+        self.get_processor().get_cores()[0]._set_simpoint(
             inst_starts=self._simpoint_object.get_simpoint_start_insts(),
-            init=True,
+            board_initialized=False,
         )
 
         # Call set_se_binary_workload after SimPoint setup is complete
diff --git a/src/python/gem5/components/processors/abstract_core.py b/src/python/gem5/components/processors/abstract_core.py
index 2f4cb79..ea2875e 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/components/processors/abstract_core.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/components/processors/abstract_core.py
@@ -122,17 +122,20 @@
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def set_simpoint(self, inst_starts: List[int], init: bool) -> None:
+    def _set_simpoint(
+        self, inst_starts: List[int], board_initialized: bool
+    ) -> None:
         """Schedule simpoint exit events for the core.
 
         This is used to raise SIMPOINT_BEGIN exit events in the gem5 standard
-        library. Duplicate instruction counts in the inst_starts list will not
+        library. This is called through the set_workload functions and should
+        not be called directly. Duplicate instruction counts in the inst_starts list will not
         be scheduled.
 
         :param inst_starts: a list of SimPoints starting instructions
-        :param init: if it is True, the starting instructions will be scheduled
-        at the init stage of the core, else, the starting insructions will be
-        scheduled during the simulation
+        :param board_initialized: True if the board has already been
+        initialized, otherwise False. This parameter is necessary as simpoints
+        are setup differently dependent on this.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("This core type does not support simpoints")
 
diff --git a/src/python/gem5/components/processors/base_cpu_core.py b/src/python/gem5/components/processors/base_cpu_core.py
index db9a1a2..535a800 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/components/processors/base_cpu_core.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/components/processors/base_cpu_core.py
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@
         return self.core.mmu
 
     @overrides(AbstractCore)
-    def set_simpoint(self, inst_starts: List[int], init: bool) -> None:
-        if init:
-            self.core.simpoint_start_insts = sorted(set(inst_starts))
-        else:
+    def _set_simpoint(
+        self, inst_starts: List[int], board_initialized: bool
+    ) -> None:
+        if board_initialized:
             self.core.scheduleSimpointsInstStop(sorted(set(inst_starts)))
+        else:
+            self.core.simpoint_start_insts = sorted(set(inst_starts))
 
     @overrides(AbstractCore)
     def set_inst_stop_any_thread(self, inst: int, init: bool) -> None:
diff --git a/src/python/gem5/simulate/simulator.py b/src/python/gem5/simulate/simulator.py
index 8be915e..d7e2141 100644
--- a/src/python/gem5/simulate/simulator.py
+++ b/src/python/gem5/simulate/simulator.py
@@ -236,9 +236,7 @@
 
         self._checkpoint_path = checkpoint_path
 
-    def schedule_simpoint(
-        self, simpoint_start_insts: List[int], schedule_at_init: bool = False
-    ) -> None:
+    def schedule_simpoint(self, simpoint_start_insts: List[int]) -> None:
         """
         Schedule SIMPOINT_BEGIN exit events
 
@@ -246,13 +244,11 @@
 
         :param simpoint_start_insts: a list of number of instructions
         indicating the starting point of the simpoints
-        :param schedule_at_init: if it is True, schedule the events in the init
-        stage of the core, else, schedule the events during the simulation
         """
         if self._board.get_processor().get_num_cores() > 1:
             warn("SimPoints only work with one core")
         self._board.get_processor().get_cores()[0].set_simpoint(
-            simpoint_start_insts, schedule_at_init
+            simpoint_start_insts, self._instantiated
         )
 
     def schedule_max_insts(