diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
index f95cb5636d191d8b447df4a09e29c16571f1e3e9..576b8066089e2deb89a89124c3c80b6517cfed85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
@@ -1574,18 +1574,10 @@ int fsl_rio_setup(struct platform_device *dev)
  */
 static int __devinit fsl_of_rio_rpn_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
-	int rc;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Setting up RapidIO peer-to-peer network %s\n",
 			dev->dev.of_node->full_name);
 
-	rc = fsl_rio_setup(dev);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* Enumerate all registered ports */
-	rc = rio_init_mports();
-out:
-	return rc;
+	return fsl_rio_setup(dev);
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id fsl_of_rio_rpn_ids[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/rionet.c b/drivers/net/rionet.c
index 678e5777da8168aac5ba6944746f978415382358..26afbaae23f0d1fb7acbf65c030d92fcfd2ebda0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rionet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rionet.c
@@ -571,5 +571,5 @@ static void __exit rionet_exit(void)
 	rio_unregister_driver(&rionet_driver);
 }
 
-module_init(rionet_init);
+late_initcall(rionet_init);
 module_exit(rionet_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index d520dbaede80af02a177510b6c54c2918c759012..f861b728f80eea2f4efaec610c62b8d7dc04a6ce 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -1134,8 +1134,6 @@ static int __devinit rio_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-device_initcall(rio_init);
-
 int __devinit rio_init_mports(void)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1158,10 +1156,14 @@ int __devinit rio_init_mports(void)
 			rio_disc_mport(port);
 	}
 
+	rio_init();
+
       out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+device_initcall_sync(rio_init_mports);
+
 void rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *port)
 {
 	list_add_tail(&port->node, &rio_mports);
diff --git a/include/linux/rio.h b/include/linux/rio.h
index efed116efe9cc31387ec9b12cbb34059bacaadb5..b6bcb1632749166d3b3eeac6bed52328e1668201 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio.h
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ union rio_pw_msg {
 };
 
 /* Architecture and hardware-specific functions */
-extern int rio_init_mports(void);
 extern void rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *);
 extern int rio_open_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, void *, int, int);
 extern void rio_close_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, int);