diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 75c5b12639708ef851c93b5e8408eb2b29896ef8..39348b1cebd3562b4fce5a1127a2b57b066ef100 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_hw_perf_event);
+early_initcall(init_hw_perf_events);
 
 void perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry,
 			   struct pt_regs *regs)