diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c
index e1f27d653f603d17413b04aa0e9f540f10cf504a..7019e2967009e98e6f6191c1e86969d4663a957f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <bcm63xx_cpu.h>
 #include <bcm63xx_io.h>
 #include <bcm63xx_regs.h>
-#include <bcm63xx_gpio.h>
 
 void __init prom_init(void)
 {
@@ -53,9 +52,6 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 	reg &= ~mask;
 	bcm_perf_writel(reg, PERF_CKCTL_REG);
 
-	/* register gpiochip */
-	bcm63xx_gpio_init();
-
 	/* do low level board init */
 	board_prom_init();
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/setup.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/setup.c
index 6660c7ddf87b9cf37baf6100878b52626dcf9d47..240fb4ffa55c8625ef26354e29cff25c58f63b68 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/setup.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <bcm63xx_cpu.h>
 #include <bcm63xx_regs.h>
 #include <bcm63xx_io.h>
+#include <bcm63xx_gpio.h>
 
 void bcm63xx_machine_halt(void)
 {
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 
 int __init bcm63xx_register_devices(void)
 {
+	/* register gpiochip */
+	bcm63xx_gpio_init();
+
 	return board_register_devices();
 }