diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 5fcb845b9fec1295c1a3a894acf8c2ce042d3f17..8cf2218b46a759229b26025bd159ab83fe125cf5 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -482,12 +482,10 @@ static struct file_system_type pstore_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= pstore_kill_sb,
 };
 
-static int __init init_pstore_fs(void)
+int __init pstore_init_fs(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pstore_choose_compression();
-
 	/* Create a convenient mount point for people to access pstore */
 	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "pstore");
 	if (err)
@@ -500,14 +498,9 @@ static int __init init_pstore_fs(void)
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-module_init(init_pstore_fs)
 
-static void __exit exit_pstore_fs(void)
+void __exit pstore_exit_fs(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type);
 	sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "pstore");
 }
-module_exit(exit_pstore_fs)
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/fs/pstore/internal.h b/fs/pstore/internal.h
index fb767e28aeb28333ffbc2446b94ad5167234e3ba..7062ea4bc57c5b31cba5c19815f343e387dafa0c 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/internal.h
+++ b/fs/pstore/internal.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ extern bool	pstore_is_mounted(void);
 extern void	pstore_record_init(struct pstore_record *record,
 				   struct pstore_info *psi);
 
-/* Called during module_init() */
-extern void __init pstore_choose_compression(void);
+/* Called during pstore init/exit. */
+int __init	pstore_init_fs(void);
+void __exit	pstore_exit_fs(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 15e99d5a681d2982ff2a8ffff16ffedb402b3fda..d61e26812af652046092947978a58da24b7aaf0d 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -780,8 +780,31 @@ void __init pstore_choose_compression(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static int __init pstore_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	pstore_choose_compression();
+
+	ret = pstore_init_fs();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(pstore_init)
+
+static void __exit pstore_exit(void)
+{
+	pstore_exit_fs();
+}
+module_exit(pstore_exit)
+
 module_param(compress, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(compress, "Pstore compression to use");
 
 module_param(backend, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(backend, "Pstore backend to use");
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");