diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 1f614d778a8b..bb0bd7025cb8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int __init hugetlbpage_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
-module_init(hugetlbpage_init);
+arch_initcall(hugetlbpage_init);
 
 void flush_dcache_icache_hugepage(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_lbc.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_lbc.c
index d631022ffb4b..38138cf8d33e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_lbc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_lbc.c
@@ -407,4 +407,4 @@ static int __init fsl_lbc_init(void)
 {
 	return platform_driver_register(&fsl_lbc_ctrl_driver);
 }
-module_init(fsl_lbc_init);
+subsys_initcall(fsl_lbc_init);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/bootflag.c b/arch/x86/kernel/bootflag.c
index 5de7f4c56971..52c8e3c7789d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/bootflag.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/bootflag.c
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ static int __init sbf_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(sbf_init);
+arch_initcall(sbf_init);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
index 7795f3f8b1d5..43dd672d788b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
@@ -530,5 +530,4 @@ static __init int bts_init(void)
 
 	return perf_pmu_register(&bts_pmu, "intel_bts", -1);
 }
-
-module_init(bts_init);
+arch_initcall(bts_init);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_pt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_pt.c
index 159887c3a89d..183de719628d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_pt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_pt.c
@@ -1106,5 +1106,4 @@ static __init int pt_init(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-module_init(pt_init);
+arch_initcall(pt_init);
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pl320-ipc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pl320-ipc.c
index f3755e0aa935..f80acb36ff07 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pl320-ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pl320-ipc.c
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@ static int __init ipc_init(void)
 {
 	return amba_driver_register(&pl320_driver);
 }
-module_init(ipc_init);
+subsys_initcall(ipc_init);
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 450648697433..5b1e2a497e51 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h> /* struct inode */
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/init.h> /* module_init */
+#include <linux/init.h> /* fs_initcall */
 #include <linux/inotify.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h> /* roundup() */
 #include <linux/namei.h> /* LOOKUP_FOLLOW */
@@ -812,4 +812,4 @@ static int __init inotify_user_setup(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(inotify_user_setup);
+fs_initcall(inotify_user_setup);
diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c
index b29015102698..3fe401067e20 100644
--- a/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -289,5 +289,5 @@ exit:
 	kfree(elts);
 	return err;
 }
-module_init(list_sort_test);
+late_initcall(list_sort_test);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT */
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 05e7447d960b..58ea3643b9e9 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int __meminit init_user_reserve(void)
 	sysctl_user_reserve_kbytes = min(free_kbytes / 32, 1UL << 17);
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(init_user_reserve)
+subsys_initcall(init_user_reserve);
 
 /*
  * Initialise sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes.
@@ -2106,4 +2106,4 @@ static int __meminit init_admin_reserve(void)
 	sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes = min(free_kbytes / 32, 1UL << 13);
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(init_admin_reserve)
+subsys_initcall(init_admin_reserve);
diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index 0993f5f36b01..bd5f842b56d2 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -310,4 +310,4 @@ static int __init pageowner_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-module_init(pageowner_init)
+late_initcall(pageowner_init)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
index 65de0684e22a..61eafc9b4545 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
@@ -197,11 +197,4 @@ static int __init ipv4_netfilter_init(void)
 {
 	return nf_register_afinfo(&nf_ip_afinfo);
 }
-
-static void __exit ipv4_netfilter_fini(void)
-{
-	nf_unregister_afinfo(&nf_ip_afinfo);
-}
-
-module_init(ipv4_netfilter_init);
-module_exit(ipv4_netfilter_fini);
+subsys_initcall(ipv4_netfilter_init);