diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index d61e26812af652046092947978a58da24b7aaf0d..578f178a695f85dc48013d8d2e600c2ffe2f6dfc 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -786,13 +786,21 @@ static int __init pstore_init(void)
 
 	pstore_choose_compression();
 
+	/*
+	 * Check if any pstore backends registered earlier but did not
+	 * initialize compression because crypto was not ready. If so,
+	 * initialize compression now.
+	 */
+	if (psinfo && !tfm)
+		allocate_buf_for_compression();
+
 	ret = pstore_init_fs();
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(pstore_init)
+late_initcall(pstore_init);
 
 static void __exit pstore_exit(void)
 {
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index eb67bb7f04de5534ebecaf49ef744a9740787e2a..44ed6b193d2ee993500df75fe3bf9e655aa39080 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static int __init ramoops_init(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-late_initcall(ramoops_init);
+postcore_initcall(ramoops_init);
 
 static void __exit ramoops_exit(void)
 {