diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
index 9589a03f1..ee62da0a6 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int __init syscon_init(void)
 {
 	return platform_driver_register(&syscon_driver);
 }
-core_initcall(syscon_init);
+device_initcall(syscon_init);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@linaro.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("System Control driver");