diff --git a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irmod.c b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irmod.c
index c5e35b85c477c2c80a5a9b4398c79c4359cc7921..4319f4ff66b0d06b630ff83dc2b0ed05b94c0098 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irmod.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irmod.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void __exit irda_cleanup(void)
  *
  * Jean II
  */
-subsys_initcall(irda_init);
+device_initcall(irda_init);
 module_exit(irda_cleanup);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no> & Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>");