diff --git a/app/iscsi_tgt/iscsi_tgt.c b/app/iscsi_tgt/iscsi_tgt.c
index d67eae42c..9a1e875b1 100644
--- a/app/iscsi_tgt/iscsi_tgt.c
+++ b/app/iscsi_tgt/iscsi_tgt.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	opts.shutdown_cb = spdk_iscsi_shutdown;
 	opts.usr1_handler = spdk_sigusr1;
 
-	printf("Total cores available: %u\n", spdk_env_get_core_count());
 	printf("Using net framework %s\n", spdk_net_framework_get_name());
 	/* Blocks until the application is exiting */
 	app_rc = spdk_app_start(&opts, spdk_startup, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
index c4dfb1a5f..bea578f0e 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ spdk_nvmf_tgt_start(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 
 	opts->shutdown_cb = spdk_nvmf_shutdown_cb;
 
-	printf("Total cores available: %d\n", spdk_env_get_core_count());
 	/* Blocks until the application is exiting */
 	rc = spdk_app_start(opts, spdk_nvmf_startup, NULL, NULL);
 
diff --git a/lib/event/app.c b/lib/event/app.c
index 292939725..f1c8199aa 100644
--- a/lib/event/app.c
+++ b/lib/event/app.c
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ spdk_app_start(struct spdk_app_opts *opts, spdk_event_fn start_fn,
 
 	spdk_env_init(&env_opts);
 
+	printf("Total cores available: %d\n", spdk_env_get_core_count());
+
 	/*
 	 * If mask not specified on command line or in configuration file,
 	 *  reactor_mask will be 0x1 which will enable core 0 to run one