diff --git a/sound/core/sound.c b/sound/core/sound.c
index 7872a02f6ca998602b588dc6ba4d7741c3e08c1b..563d1967a0ad9dedea75893570757cc765125b19 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound.c
@@ -468,5 +468,5 @@ static void __exit alsa_sound_exit(void)
 	unregister_chrdev(major, "alsa");
 }
 
-module_init(alsa_sound_init)
-module_exit(alsa_sound_exit)
+subsys_initcall(alsa_sound_init);
+module_exit(alsa_sound_exit);
diff --git a/sound/sound_core.c b/sound/sound_core.c
index dbca7c909a31ea305fe5fa543c6ca9c930fee794..7c2d677a2df529d1055d3727f3158f2cbda8e73b 100644
--- a/sound/sound_core.c
+++ b/sound/sound_core.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void __exit cleanup_soundcore(void)
 	class_destroy(sound_class);
 }
 
-module_init(init_soundcore);
+subsys_initcall(init_soundcore);
 module_exit(cleanup_soundcore);