diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 9651440ec0cc..1db844b38810 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	sort_main_extable();
 	trap_init();
 	mm_init();
-
+	poking_init();
 	ftrace_init();
 
 	/* trace_printk can be enabled here */
@@ -763,8 +763,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	taskstats_init_early();
 	delayacct_init();
 
-	poking_init();
-
 	acpi_subsystem_init();
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();
 	sfi_init_late();