diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index acab512741f6..249cd01cb920 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -1392,8 +1392,6 @@ static int ghes_probe(struct platform_device *ghes_dev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(ghes_dev, ghes);
 
-	ghes_edac_register(ghes, &ghes_dev->dev);
-
 	ghes->dev = &ghes_dev->dev;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ghes_devs_mutex);
@@ -1462,8 +1460,6 @@ static int ghes_remove(struct platform_device *ghes_dev)
 
 	ghes_fini(ghes);
 
-	ghes_edac_unregister(ghes);
-
 	mutex_lock(&ghes_devs_mutex);
 	list_del(&ghes->elist);
 	mutex_unlock(&ghes_devs_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index 456602d373b7..cde0849cf861 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ config EDAC_DECODE_MCE
 	  has been initialized.
 
 config EDAC_GHES
-	bool "Output ACPI APEI/GHES BIOS detected errors via EDAC"
-	depends on ACPI_APEI_GHES && (EDAC=y)
+	tristate "Output ACPI APEI/GHES BIOS detected errors via EDAC"
+	depends on ACPI_APEI_GHES
 	select UEFI_CPER
 	help
 	  Not all machines support hardware-driven error report. Some of those
diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index b85a545d1cb0..cf2b618c1ada 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_lock);
 
 static bool system_scanned;
 
+static struct list_head *ghes_devs;
+
 /* Memory Device - Type 17 of SMBIOS spec */
 struct memdev_dmi_entry {
 	u8 type;
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ static struct notifier_block ghes_edac_mem_err_nb = {
 	.priority	= 0,
 };
 
-int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
+static int ghes_edac_register(struct device *dev)
 {
 	bool fake = false;
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ unlock:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
+static void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
 {
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -535,3 +537,37 @@ void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ghes_reg_mutex);
 }
+
+static int __init ghes_edac_init(void)
+{
+	struct ghes *g, *g_tmp;
+
+	ghes_devs = ghes_get_devices();
+	if (!ghes_devs)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (list_empty(ghes_devs)) {
+		pr_info("GHES probing device list is empty");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(g, g_tmp, ghes_devs, elist) {
+		ghes_edac_register(g->dev);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(ghes_edac_init);
+
+static void __exit ghes_edac_exit(void)
+{
+	struct ghes *g, *g_tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(g, g_tmp, ghes_devs, elist) {
+		ghes_edac_unregister(g);
+	}
+}
+module_exit(ghes_edac_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Output ACPI APEI/GHES BIOS detected errors via EDAC");
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index ce693e9f07a0..2e785d3554d8 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -71,32 +71,14 @@ int ghes_register_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
  * @nb: pointer to the notifier_block structure of the vendor record handler.
  */
 void ghes_unregister_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+
+struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void);
+#else
+static inline struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void) { return NULL; }
 #endif
 
 int ghes_estatus_pool_init(int num_ghes);
 
-/* From drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_GHES
-int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev);
-
-void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes);
-
-struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void);
-
-#else
-static inline int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
-{
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
-
-static inline void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
-{
-}
-
-static inline struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void) { return NULL; }
-#endif
-
 static inline int acpi_hest_get_version(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata)
 {
 	return gdata->revision >> 8;