diff --git a/msm/msm_drv.c b/msm/msm_drv.c
index 2623c4bdefbc7..2302a366912c1 100644
--- a/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ static void __exit msm_drm_unregister(void)
 	msm_smmu_driver_cleanup();
 }
 
-late_initcall(msm_drm_register);
+module_init(msm_drm_register);
 module_exit(msm_drm_unregister);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com");