diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
index 003a9876c968..5a8445959f67 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static char *next_cmd(char **cmds)
 	return start;
 }
 
-static int driver_init(void)
+static int ibm_acpi_driver_init(void)
 {
 	printk(IBM_INFO "%s v%s\n", IBM_DESC, IBM_VERSION);
 	printk(IBM_INFO "%s\n", IBM_URL);
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static int fan_write(char *buf)
 static struct ibm_struct ibms[] = {
 	{
 	 .name = "driver",
-	 .init = driver_init,
+	 .init = ibm_acpi_driver_init,
 	 .read = driver_read,
 	 },
 	{
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 49ab53ce92dc..f44247fe8135 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ static inline int device_is_registered(struct device *dev)
 	return dev->is_registered;
 }
 
+void driver_init(void);
+
 /*
  * High level routines for use by the bus drivers
  */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e3f0bb20b4dd..2b1cdaab45e6 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsrelease.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/compile.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/bugs.h>
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ extern void pidmap_init(void);
 extern void prio_tree_init(void);
 extern void radix_tree_init(void);
 extern void free_initmem(void);
-extern void driver_init(void);
 extern void prepare_namespace(void);
 #ifdef	CONFIG_ACPI
 extern void acpi_early_init(void);