diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
index e864b7c5884ef1310863c34d84b30f42646bf871..a26a020065764bb8680da0a77636e5ec7899d5db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
@@ -526,10 +526,8 @@ void rtas_cancel_event_scan(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtas_cancel_event_scan);
 
-static int __init rtas_init(void)
+static int __init rtas_event_scan_init(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
-
 	if (!machine_is(pseries) && !machine_is(chrp))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -562,13 +560,27 @@ static int __init rtas_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	start_event_scan();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(rtas_event_scan_init);
+
+static int __init rtas_init(void)
+{
+	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
+
+	if (!machine_is(pseries) && !machine_is(chrp))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!rtas_log_buf)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	entry = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/error_log", S_IRUSR, NULL,
 			    &proc_rtas_log_operations);
 	if (!entry)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create error_log proc entry\n");
 
-	start_event_scan();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(rtas_init);