diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pmem.c b/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
index 082ec0f1c3a0..261dff7ced9f 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static __exit void cxl_pmem_exit(void)
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CXL PMEM: Persistent Memory Support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-module_init(cxl_pmem_init);
+subsys_initcall(cxl_pmem_init);
 module_exit(cxl_pmem_exit);
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("CXL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CXL(CXL_DEVICE_NVDIMM_BRIDGE);