diff --git a/src/app/EventManagement.cpp b/src/app/EventManagement.cpp
index 1321475d3e8314..bcac83c2348957 100644
--- a/src/app/EventManagement.cpp
+++ b/src/app/EventManagement.cpp
@@ -80,26 +80,20 @@ struct CopyAndAdjustDeltaTimeContext
     EventLoadOutContext * mpContext = nullptr;
 };
 
-void EventManagement::Init(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExchangeManager, uint32_t aNumBuffers,
-                           CircularEventBuffer * apCircularEventBuffer, const LogStorageResources * const apLogStorageResources,
-                           MonotonicallyIncreasingCounter<EventNumber> * apEventNumberCounter,
-                           System::Clock::Milliseconds64 aMonotonicStartupTime, EventReporter * apEventReporter)
+CHIP_ERROR EventManagement::Init(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExchangeManager, uint32_t aNumBuffers,
+                                 CircularEventBuffer * apCircularEventBuffer,
+                                 const LogStorageResources * const apLogStorageResources,
+                                 MonotonicallyIncreasingCounter<EventNumber> * apEventNumberCounter,
+                                 System::Clock::Milliseconds64 aMonotonicStartupTime, EventReporter * apEventReporter)
 {
+    VerifyOrReturnError(apEventReporter != nullptr, CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+    VerifyOrReturnError(aNumBuffers != 0, CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+    VerifyOrReturnError(mState == EventManagementStates::Shutdown, CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE);
+
     CircularEventBuffer * current = nullptr;
     CircularEventBuffer * prev    = nullptr;
     CircularEventBuffer * next    = nullptr;
 
-    if (aNumBuffers == 0)
-    {
-        ChipLogError(EventLogging, "Invalid aNumBuffers");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (mState != EventManagementStates::Shutdown)
-    {
-        ChipLogError(EventLogging, "Invalid EventManagement State");
-        return;
-    }
     mpExchangeMgr = apExchangeManager;
 
     for (uint32_t bufferIndex = 0; bufferIndex < aNumBuffers; bufferIndex++)
@@ -125,15 +119,9 @@ void EventManagement::Init(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExchangeManager, uint3
 
     mMonotonicStartupTime = aMonotonicStartupTime;
 
-    // TODO(#36890): Should remove using the global instance and rely only on passed in variable.
-    if (apEventReporter == nullptr)
-    {
-        mpEventReporter = &InteractionModelEngine::GetInstance()->GetReportingEngine();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        mpEventReporter = apEventReporter;
-    }
+    mpEventReporter = apEventReporter;
+
+    return CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
 CHIP_ERROR EventManagement::CopyToNextBuffer(CircularEventBuffer * apEventBuffer)
@@ -355,7 +343,7 @@ void EventManagement::CreateEventManagement(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExcha
 {
 
     sInstance.Init(apExchangeManager, aNumBuffers, apCircularEventBuffer, apLogStorageResources, apEventNumberCounter,
-                   aMonotonicStartupTime);
+                   aMonotonicStartupTime, &InteractionModelEngine::GetInstance()->GetReportingEngine());
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/EventManagement.h b/src/app/EventManagement.h
index f5687b586e02f4..81babec13df12f 100644
--- a/src/app/EventManagement.h
+++ b/src/app/EventManagement.h
@@ -228,11 +228,13 @@ class EventManagement : public DataModel::EventsGenerator
      *
      * @param[in] apEventReporter       Event reporter to be notified when events are generated.
      *
+     * @return CHIP_ERROR               CHIP Error Code
+     *
      */
-    void Init(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExchangeManager, uint32_t aNumBuffers, CircularEventBuffer * apCircularEventBuffer,
-              const LogStorageResources * const apLogStorageResources,
-              MonotonicallyIncreasingCounter<EventNumber> * apEventNumberCounter,
-              System::Clock::Milliseconds64 aMonotonicStartupTime, EventReporter * apEventReporter = nullptr);
+    CHIP_ERROR Init(Messaging::ExchangeManager * apExchangeManager, uint32_t aNumBuffers,
+                    CircularEventBuffer * apCircularEventBuffer, const LogStorageResources * const apLogStorageResources,
+                    MonotonicallyIncreasingCounter<EventNumber> * apEventNumberCounter,
+                    System::Clock::Milliseconds64 aMonotonicStartupTime, EventReporter * apEventReporter);
 
     static EventManagement & GetInstance();
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/Server.cpp b/src/app/server/Server.cpp
index 2afb5242137509..128ccd6ed069ab 100644
--- a/src/app/server/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/app/server/Server.cpp
@@ -283,9 +283,12 @@ CHIP_ERROR Server::Init(const ServerInitParams & initParams)
             { &sCritEventBuffer[0], sizeof(sCritEventBuffer), app::PriorityLevel::Critical }
         };
 
-        app::EventManagement::GetInstance().Init(&mExchangeMgr, CHIP_NUM_EVENT_LOGGING_BUFFERS, &sLoggingBuffer[0],
-                                                 &logStorageResources[0], &sGlobalEventIdCounter,
-                                                 std::chrono::duration_cast<System::Clock::Milliseconds64>(mInitTimestamp));
+        err = app::EventManagement::GetInstance().Init(&mExchangeMgr, CHIP_NUM_EVENT_LOGGING_BUFFERS, &sLoggingBuffer[0],
+                                                       &logStorageResources[0], &sGlobalEventIdCounter,
+                                                       std::chrono::duration_cast<System::Clock::Milliseconds64>(mInitTimestamp),
+                                                       &app::InteractionModelEngine::GetInstance()->GetReportingEngine());
+
+        SuccessOrExit(err);
     }
 #endif // CHIP_CONFIG_ENABLE_SERVER_IM_EVENT