diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.c
index 440090e87f2c86939a7a9e564b03800392c9c862..b1c0860135d0156a6bc7305b2316d936c2846546 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.c
@@ -945,12 +945,11 @@ static int __init mite_module_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+module_init(mite_module_init);
 
 static void __exit mite_module_exit(void)
 {
 }
-
-module_init(mite_module_init);
 module_exit(mite_module_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Comedi http://www.comedi.org");