diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
index 6f8370e88a76bb90321f4e8172fe7bdd163c4122..625637b84d33424be18af05530db5293b11fd3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void __exit rtc_sysfs_exit(void)
 	class_interface_unregister(&rtc_sysfs_interface);
 }
 
-subsys_init(rtc_sysfs_init);
+subsys_initcall(rtc_sysfs_init);
 module_exit(rtc_sysfs_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>");