diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/i2c.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/i2c.c
index f9df624..58213d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/i2c.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/i2c.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
  * Register busses defined in command line but that are not registered with
  * omap_register_i2c_bus from board initialization code.
  */
-static int __init omap_register_i2c_bus_cmdline(void)
+int __init omap_register_i2c_bus_cmdline(void)
 {
 	int i, err = 0;
 
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-subsys_initcall(omap_register_i2c_bus_cmdline);
 
 /**
  * omap_register_i2c_bus - register I2C bus with device descriptors