diff --git a/src/backends/onnx.js b/src/backends/onnx.js
index 38cd71337..00267fe4d 100644
--- a/src/backends/onnx.js
+++ b/src/backends/onnx.js
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ export async function createInferenceSession(buffer, session_options, session_co
         // so we wait for it to resolve before creating this new session.
         await wasmInitPromise;
     }
-
+    if (ONNX_ENV?.webgpu) {
+        const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter({ powerPreference: 'high-performance' })
+        if (adapter) {
+            ONNX_ENV.webgpu.device = await adapter.requestDevice();
+        }
+    }
     const sessionPromise = InferenceSession.create(buffer, session_options);
     wasmInitPromise ??= sessionPromise;
     const session = await sessionPromise;
@@ -194,10 +199,6 @@ if (ONNX_ENV?.wasm) {
     }
 }
 
-if (ONNX_ENV?.webgpu) {
-    ONNX_ENV.webgpu.powerPreference = 'high-performance';
-}
-
 /**
  * Check if ONNX's WASM backend is being proxied.
  * @returns {boolean} Whether ONNX's WASM backend is being proxied.