diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
index b1e661bb5521e4281a487c25cbfea12c0b29f91f..583fc39d84cd1f273f0c09d79318dd2b9a49b87c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static void __init __maybe_unused omap_generic_init(void)
 	pdata_quirks_init(omap_dt_match_table);
 
 	omapdss_init_of();
+	omap_soc_device_init();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_OMAP2420
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
index 1cd20e4d56b06fe2afb4ce7d79bc310446e07762..cb5d7314cf996a3c844c476de84715bdb794328e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/io.c
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ static void __init __maybe_unused omap_hwmod_init_postsetup(void)
 static void __init __maybe_unused omap_common_late_init(void)
 {
 	omap2_common_pm_late_init();
-	omap_soc_device_init();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_OMAP2420