diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
index 3a1964dfaac1..fd9418b9cbe1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ static void __exit i2c_dev_exit(void)
 	platform_driver_unregister(&geni_i2c_driver);
 }
 
-module_init(i2c_dev_init);
+subsys_initcall(i2c_dev_init);
 module_exit(i2c_dev_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:i2c_geni");