diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
index 74c5edd38518..8be9754c9fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int __init simplefb_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-module_init(simplefb_init);
+fs_initcall(simplefb_init);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple framebuffer driver");