diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index d520dba..f861b72 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -1134,8 +1134,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-device_initcall(rio_init);
-
 int __devinit rio_init_mports(void)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1158,10 +1156,14 @@
 			rio_disc_mport(port);
 	}
 
+	rio_init();
+
       out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+device_initcall_sync(rio_init_mports);
+
 void rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *port)
 {
 	list_add_tail(&port->node, &rio_mports);