diff --git a/docs/protocols/alpha.rst b/docs/protocols/alpha.rst
index d8b19e59f101fef496bbbc2212c27ba4732dbd3c..3903785abab669970aa7a3e65474e854bbe3b462 100644
--- a/docs/protocols/alpha.rst
+++ b/docs/protocols/alpha.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Adaptive Issuance (ongoing)
   a strong incentive against potential consensus attacks. (MR
   :gl:`!11854`)
 
-- Activating adaptive issuance per-block vote (MR :gl:`!11935`)
+- Activating adaptive issuance per-block vote (MR :gl:`!11935`, :gl:`!12169`)
 
 - Adjust total supply tracked for AI (estimated in O) so that it matches the
   actual total supply. (MR :gl:`!11996`)
diff --git a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/init_storage.ml b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/init_storage.ml
index 3cd96bd706963924f50d79aea2896b9a2ebf2bd8..020f518cf36d1c43f13e6139d64a934e4f1b6453 100644
--- a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/init_storage.ml
+++ b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/init_storage.ml
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ let cleanup_values_for_protocol_p ctxt
   in
   return ctxt
 
+let reset_adaptive_issuance_ema_for_p ctxt =
+  Storage.Adaptive_issuance.Launch_ema.add ctxt 0l
+
 (** Updates the total supply with refined estimation at the activation
     of P using measures from
     https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos/-/merge_requests/11978.
@@ -344,6 +347,7 @@ let prepare_first_block chain_id ctxt ~typecheck_smart_contract
           cleanup_values_for_protocol_p ctxt previous_proto_constants level
         in
         let* ctxt = update_total_supply_for_p chain_id ctxt in
+        let*! ctxt = reset_adaptive_issuance_ema_for_p ctxt in
         return (ctxt, [])
   in
   let* ctxt =