diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 12fd446f9895..5e6652b8728d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -2817,7 +2817,7 @@ static int __init davinci_emac_init(void)
 {
 	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_emac_driver);
 }
-module_init(davinci_emac_init);
+late_initcall(davinci_emac_init);
 
 /**
  * davinci_emac_exit: EMAC driver module exit