diff --git a/src/bench/descriptors.cpp b/src/bench/descriptors.cpp
index 5c868a85738..615e53d337f 100644
--- a/src/bench/descriptors.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/descriptors.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <bench/bench.h>
 #include <key.h>
+#include <pubkey.h>
 #include <script/descriptor.h>
 #include <script/standard.h>
 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
 
 static void ExpandDescriptor(benchmark::Bench& bench)
 {
+    const ECCVerifyHandle verify_handle;
+    ECC_Start();
+
     const auto desc_str = "sh(wsh(multi(16,03669b8afcec803a0d323e9a17f3ea8e68e8abe5a278020a929adbec52421adbd0,0260b2003c386519fc9eadf2b5cf124dd8eea4c4e68d5e154050a9346ea98ce600,0362a74e399c39ed5593852a30147f2959b56bb827dfa3e60e464b02ccf87dc5e8,0261345b53de74a4d721ef877c255429961b7e43714171ac06168d7e08c542a8b8,02da72e8b46901a65d4374fe6315538d8f368557dda3a1dcf9ea903f3afe7314c8,0318c82dd0b53fd3a932d16e0ba9e278fcc937c582d5781be626ff16e201f72286,0297ccef1ef99f9d73dec9ad37476ddb232f1238aff877af19e72ba04493361009,02e502cfd5c3f972fe9a3e2a18827820638f96b6f347e54d63deb839011fd5765d,03e687710f0e3ebe81c1037074da939d409c0025f17eb86adb9427d28f0f7ae0e9,02c04d3a5274952acdbc76987f3184b346a483d43be40874624b29e3692c1df5af,02ed06e0f418b5b43a7ec01d1d7d27290fa15f75771cb69b642a51471c29c84acd,036d46073cbb9ffee90473f3da429abc8de7f8751199da44485682a989a4bebb24,02f5d1ff7c9029a80a4e36b9a5497027ef7f3e73384a4a94fbfe7c4e9164eec8bc,02e41deffd1b7cce11cde209a781adcffdabd1b91c0ba0375857a2bfd9302419f3,02d76625f7956a7fc505ab02556c23ee72d832f1bac391bcd2d3abce5710a13d06,0399eb0a5487515802dc14544cf10b3666623762fbed2ec38a3975716e2c29c232)))";
     const std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> range = {0, 1000};
     FlatSigningProvider provider;
@@ -25,6 +29,8 @@ static void ExpandDescriptor(benchmark::Bench& bench)
             assert(success);
         }
     });
+
+    ECC_Stop();
 }
 
 BENCHMARK(ExpandDescriptor);