diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
index 95b55aae1366f6ef9fd6f19277dce0ed30f626fc..5bf02478473826983c47c34d9d37125adc6878a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ static __init void davinci_evm_init(void)
 	struct clk *aemif_clk;
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
 
+	dm644x_init_devices();
+
 	ret = dm644x_gpio_register();
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warn("%s: GPIO init failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
index f2875770fbff64f5a9ec4dfcdaa9a27290a481b0..0b13237e63f248c09bf7cd52bf8d28a2b0131d91 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ static __init void davinci_ntosd2_init(void)
 	struct clk *aemif_clk;
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
 
+	dm644x_init_devices();
+
 	ret = dm644x_gpio_register();
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warn("%s: GPIO init failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-sffsdr.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-sffsdr.c
index 2922da9d1684304cfb8b3d606f86b3420b174224..e7c1728b0833a0b791de802866a3ef7578955c67 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-sffsdr.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-sffsdr.c
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ static __init void davinci_sffsdr_init(void)
 {
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
 
+	dm644x_init_devices();
+
 	platform_add_devices(davinci_sffsdr_devices,
 			     ARRAY_SIZE(davinci_sffsdr_devices));
 	sffsdr_init_i2c();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/davinci.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/davinci.h
index 270cef85750a76fcc5262211089faecdf48cc543..376cdd51ce9d7beb89a5551f4abbe0e501db52b3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/davinci.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/davinci.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int dm365_gpio_register(void);
 
 /* DM644x function declarations */
 void dm644x_init(void);
+void dm644x_init_devices(void);
 void dm644x_init_time(void);
 void dm644x_init_asp(void);
 int dm644x_init_video(struct vpfe_config *, struct vpbe_config *);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
index b409801649e1f2e4ea25788f1bdcb0ae3fa18fe8..a2e8586c8a6d57229d27665393fa74f26463145d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
@@ -961,19 +961,14 @@ int __init dm644x_init_video(struct vpfe_config *vpfe_cfg,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init dm644x_init_devices(void)
+void __init dm644x_init_devices(void)
 {
 	struct platform_device *edma_pdev;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (!cpu_is_davinci_dm644x())
-		return 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	edma_pdev = platform_device_register_full(&dm644x_edma_device);
-	if (IS_ERR(edma_pdev)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(edma_pdev))
 		pr_warn("%s: Failed to register eDMA\n", __func__);
-		return PTR_ERR(edma_pdev);
-	}
 
 	platform_device_register(&dm644x_mdio_device);
 	platform_device_register(&dm644x_emac_device);
@@ -982,6 +977,4 @@ static int __init dm644x_init_devices(void)
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warn("%s: watchdog init failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
 
-	return ret;
 }
-postcore_initcall(dm644x_init_devices);