diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
index 8336535f1e110219992b2c765a6b81cfdfdbb53e..d8b314e7d0fdc88cfa33f37f2ccefdd329cb286e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
+++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
+#include "base.h"
 
 static const struct auxiliary_device_id *auxiliary_match_id(const struct auxiliary_device_id *id,
 							    const struct auxiliary_device *auxdev)
@@ -260,19 +261,11 @@ void auxiliary_driver_unregister(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_driver_unregister);
 
-static int __init auxiliary_bus_init(void)
+void __init auxiliary_bus_init(void)
 {
-	return bus_register(&auxiliary_bus_type);
+	WARN_ON(bus_register(&auxiliary_bus_type));
 }
 
-static void __exit auxiliary_bus_exit(void)
-{
-	bus_unregister(&auxiliary_bus_type);
-}
-
-module_init(auxiliary_bus_init);
-module_exit(auxiliary_bus_exit);
-
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Auxiliary Bus");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Ertman <david.m.ertman@intel.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index f5600a83124fafa376826260e8bd04d57ae13531..52b3d7b75c2750e85c0b5f1b238964dd42cb5fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ static inline int hypervisor_init(void) { return 0; }
 extern int platform_bus_init(void);
 extern void cpu_dev_init(void);
 extern void container_dev_init(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUXILIARY_BUS
+extern void auxiliary_bus_init(void);
+#else
+static inline void auxiliary_bus_init(void) { }
+#endif
 
 struct kobject *virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index 908e6520e804b2967ab029ca6a617cc0d1902f16..a9f57c22fb9e2f128e9d8708483ca1f631a8fa7e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void __init driver_init(void)
 	 */
 	of_core_init();
 	platform_bus_init();
+	auxiliary_bus_init();
 	cpu_dev_init();
 	memory_dev_init();
 	container_dev_init();