diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 45b3a2beb383..63737af8de51 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
 	sort_main_extable();
 	trap_init();
 	mm_init();
-
+	poking_init();
 	ftrace_init();
 
 	/* trace_printk can be enabled here */
@@ -1125,8 +1125,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
 	taskstats_init_early();
 	delayacct_init();
 
-	poking_init();
-
 	acpi_subsystem_init();
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();
 	kcsan_init();