diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index db55c43a2cbda6e3fc1f8d01e3a6ef4845490563..1377ec76a45dbb4ee0e54293c4308984c4f0ccb8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void scmi_devices_unregister(void)
 	bus_for_each_dev(&scmi_bus_type, NULL, NULL, __scmi_devices_unregister);
 }
 
-static int __init scmi_bus_init(void)
+int __init scmi_bus_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
 
@@ -240,12 +240,10 @@ static int __init scmi_bus_init(void)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-subsys_initcall(scmi_bus_init);
 
-static void __exit scmi_bus_exit(void)
+void __exit scmi_bus_exit(void)
 {
 	scmi_devices_unregister();
 	bus_unregister(&scmi_bus_type);
 	ida_destroy(&scmi_bus_id);
 }
-module_exit(scmi_bus_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
index 233700a42bffbc522d6735ca4c59f7d197c85c5f..a940c6cf1e512ce9d0c6f005b923ada60029a0a5 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ void scmi_setup_protocol_implemented(const struct scmi_handle *handle,
 
 int scmi_base_protocol_init(struct scmi_handle *h);
 
+int __init scmi_bus_init(void);
+void __exit scmi_bus_exit(void);
+
 /* SCMI Transport */
 /**
  * struct scmi_chan_info - Structure representing a SCMI channel information
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index dbec34423f72e17f7ce4a7e9c96eb3556c1bd351..8f60c6a97cc3c4f1d409728182e0c1056a269c68 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -929,7 +929,21 @@ static struct platform_driver scmi_driver = {
 	.remove = scmi_remove,
 };
 
-module_platform_driver(scmi_driver);
+static int __init scmi_driver_init(void)
+{
+	scmi_bus_init();
+
+	return platform_driver_register(&scmi_driver);
+}
+module_init(scmi_driver_init);
+
+static void __exit scmi_driver_exit(void)
+{
+	scmi_bus_exit();
+
+	platform_driver_unregister(&scmi_driver);
+}
+module_exit(scmi_driver_exit);
 
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform: arm-scmi");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>");