diff --git a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
index 8ccf3590fd766c..f3afebd4fac4cd 100644
--- a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
+++ b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ static void __exit ab8500_btemp_exit(void)
 	platform_driver_unregister(&ab8500_btemp_driver);
 }
 
-subsys_initcall_sync(ab8500_btemp_init);
+device_initcall(ab8500_btemp_init);
 module_exit(ab8500_btemp_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");