diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index 86136075ae41..a515d8f3639e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ static int __init cpuinfo_regs_init(void)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+device_initcall(cpuinfo_regs_init);
+
 static void cpuinfo_detect_icache_policy(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -403,5 +405,3 @@ void __init cpuinfo_store_boot_cpu(void)
 	boot_cpu_data = *info;
 	init_cpu_features(&boot_cpu_data);
 }
-
-device_initcall(cpuinfo_regs_init);