diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/mach-ubnt-xm.c b/arch/mips/ath79/mach-ubnt-xm.c
index a0435003b2e7e9c4ed8fb742300d2d08f13dd560..edbc093bf6653d9eafadc2edb12396176b5ec2fe 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/mach-ubnt-xm.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/mach-ubnt-xm.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void __init ubnt_xm_init(void)
 	ath724x_pci_add_data(ubnt_xm_pci_data, ARRAY_SIZE(ubnt_xm_pci_data));
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI */
 
+	ath79_register_pci();
 }
 
 MIPS_MACHINE(ATH79_MACH_UBNT_XM,
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/pci.c b/arch/mips/ath79/pci.c
index 49574284b755b8c16fff6a6e05e20b6ba12d42ab..855a69dcc86e08c2cc2e6b89166353e1976a96d7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/pci.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <asm/mach-ath79/ath79.h>
+#include <asm/mach-ath79/pci.h>
 #include "pci.h"
 
 static struct ath724x_pci_data *pci_data;
@@ -44,3 +46,11 @@ int pcibios_plat_dev_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 	return PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL;
 }
+
+int __init ath79_register_pci(void)
+{
+	if (soc_is_ar724x())
+		return ath724x_pcibios_init();
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/pci.h b/arch/mips/ath79/pci.h
index 454885fa30c3180130c1bc9e50f5857836a01658..787fac2c08f036b639cdd5cf92f8fa0d2692b213 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/pci.h
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/pci.h
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ struct ath724x_pci_data {
 
 void ath724x_pci_add_data(struct ath724x_pci_data *data, int size);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI
+int ath79_register_pci(void);
+#else
+static inline int ath79_register_pci(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASM_MACH_ATH79_PCI_ATH724X_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci-ath724x.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci-ath724x.c
index be01b7f8d840eb444b18f89393bb8825972932b9..ebefc165fae6e46a9ff2910696c8f6e6aa6043ea 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci-ath724x.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-ath724x.c
@@ -137,5 +137,3 @@ int __init ath724x_pcibios_init(void)
 
 	return PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL;
 }
-
-arch_initcall(ath724x_pcibios_init);