diff --git a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c
index d5d2e4a985aa..daea84c41743 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ static int __init ttyprintk_init(void)
 	ttyprintk_driver = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
-module_init(ttyprintk_init);
+device_initcall(ttyprintk_init);