diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index a6293cbad0ba..45b614014caa 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -552,14 +552,6 @@ static void armpmu_init(struct arm_pmu *armpmu)
 	};
 }
 
-int armpmu_register(struct arm_pmu *armpmu, int type)
-{
-	armpmu_init(armpmu);
-	pr_info("enabled with %s PMU driver, %d counters available\n",
-			armpmu->name, armpmu->num_events);
-	return perf_pmu_register(&armpmu->pmu, armpmu->name, type);
-}
-
 /* Set at runtime when we know what CPU type we are. */
 static struct arm_pmu *__oprofile_cpu_pmu;
 
@@ -888,6 +880,8 @@ int arm_pmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	armpmu_init(pmu);
+
 	if (!__oprofile_cpu_pmu)
 		__oprofile_cpu_pmu = pmu;
 
@@ -913,10 +907,13 @@ int arm_pmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free;
 
-	ret = armpmu_register(pmu, -1);
+	ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu->pmu, pmu->name, -1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_destroy;
 
+	pr_info("enabled with %s PMU driver, %d counters available\n",
+			pmu->name, pmu->num_events);
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_destroy:
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index 41ba95b30df4..66d7e76325b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ extern const unsigned armv8_pmuv3_perf_cache_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
 						[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
 						[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX];
 
-int armpmu_register(struct arm_pmu *armpmu, int type);
-
 u64 armpmu_event_update(struct perf_event *event);
 
 int armpmu_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event);