diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 3dd9c462d22afd650b989399ac9c973afc983257..60746ef904e495e382bfa5efe773e62371d46a6d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 	((struct acpi_hest_generic_status *)				\
 	 ((struct ghes_estatus_node *)(estatus_node) + 1))
 
+/*
+ * This driver isn't really modular, however for the time being,
+ * continuing to use module_param is the easiest way to remain
+ * compatible with existing boot arg use cases.
+ */
 bool ghes_disable;
 module_param_named(disable, ghes_disable, bool, 0);
 
@@ -1148,18 +1153,4 @@ static int __init ghes_init(void)
 err:
 	return rc;
 }
-
-static void __exit ghes_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&ghes_platform_driver);
-	ghes_estatus_pool_exit();
-	ghes_ioremap_exit();
-}
-
-module_init(ghes_init);
-module_exit(ghes_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Huang Ying");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("APEI Generic Hardware Error Source support");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:GHES");
+device_initcall(ghes_init);