diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
index 24177272bcb84aed3ec51cb82f91535f0c034fc0..b2a8d7856ce39b99e793fda9992eba24bcd3c24f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
@@ -291,27 +291,18 @@ static int shutdown_event(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-static int __init __setup_shutdown_event(void)
-{
-	/* Delay initialization in the PV on HVM case */
-	if (xen_hvm_domain())
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!xen_pv_domain())
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	return xen_setup_shutdown_event();
-}
-
 int xen_setup_shutdown_event(void)
 {
 	static struct notifier_block xenstore_notifier = {
 		.notifier_call = shutdown_event
 	};
+
+	if (!xen_domain())
+		return -ENODEV;
 	register_xenstore_notifier(&xenstore_notifier);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_setup_shutdown_event);
 
-subsys_initcall(__setup_shutdown_event);
+subsys_initcall(xen_setup_shutdown_event);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/platform-pci.c b/drivers/xen/platform-pci.c
index afbe041f42c5afed624c021898028cfa482dbd1a..319dd0a94d5135389ff7f932ef68872f0936f5e0 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/platform-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/platform-pci.c
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ static int __devinit platform_pci_init(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 	xenbus_probe(NULL);
-	ret = xen_setup_shutdown_event();
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
 	return 0;
 
 out: