diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-ti8168evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-ti8168evm.c
index 6282cc4a97726e396dc009ec519e3acbcfba990e..f2b097190e07086c964690443d2842e9fe657e4e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-ti8168evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-ti8168evm.c
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@
 static struct omap_board_config_kernel ti8168_evm_config[] __initdata = {
 };
 
-static void __init ti8168_evm_init_irq(void)
+static void __init ti8168_init_early(void)
 {
 	omap_board_config = ti8168_evm_config;
 	omap_board_config_size = ARRAY_SIZE(ti8168_evm_config);
 	omap2_init_common_infrastructure();
 	omap2_init_common_devices(NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+static void __init ti8168_evm_init_irq(void)
+{
 	omap_init_irq();
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ MACHINE_START(TI8168EVM, "ti8168evm")
 	/* Maintainer: Texas Instruments */
 	.boot_params	= 0x80000100,
 	.map_io		= ti8168_evm_map_io,
+	.init_early	= ti8168_init_early,
 	.init_irq	= ti8168_evm_init_irq,
 	.timer		= &omap_timer,
 	.init_machine	= ti8168_evm_init,