diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 11b84e1060532ecf62f73e3151b9f6eaed043c8b..93538b696e3d99f2bb30d96b83d3516c66442233 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ extern initcall_t __con_initcall_start[], __con_initcall_end[];
 extern initcall_t __security_initcall_start[], __security_initcall_end[];
 
 /* Defined in init/main.c */
+extern int do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn);
 extern char __initdata boot_command_line[];
 extern char *saved_command_line;
 extern unsigned int reset_devices;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 0bc7e167bf4556c63dde64eb249a1880b6675548..f6f7042331dc3ef9dbf156a807398936e0824b1a 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	rest_init();
 }
 
-static int __initdata initcall_debug;
+static int initcall_debug;
 
 static int __init initcall_debug_setup(char *str)
 {
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int __init initcall_debug_setup(char *str)
 }
 __setup("initcall_debug", initcall_debug_setup);
 
-static void __init do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn)
+int do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn)
 {
 	int count = preempt_count();
 	ktime_t t0, t1, delta;
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ static void __init do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn)
 		print_fn_descriptor_symbol(KERN_WARNING "initcall %s", fn);
 		printk(" returned with %s\n", msgbuf);
 	}
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 61d212120df48e82a1b6521120fdbd428d983a81..08864d257eb0ece2239cd86008973826bc49abd0 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
 
 	/* Start the module */
 	if (mod->init != NULL)
-		ret = mod->init();
+		ret = do_one_initcall(mod->init);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		/* Init routine failed: abort.  Try to protect us from
                    buggy refcounters. */