diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 9ca683794370..946610f00aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 
 	acpi_scan_init();
 	acpi_ec_init();
+	acpi_power_init();
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index fad8e38ed271..a8178add7fd1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ int acpi_scan_init(void);
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Power Resource
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
+int acpi_power_init(void);
 int acpi_device_sleep_wake(struct acpi_device *dev,
                            int enable, int sleep_state, int dev_state);
 int acpi_enable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev, int sleep_state);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c
index c926e7d4a0d6..11968ba28feb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/power.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c
@@ -773,14 +773,10 @@ static int acpi_power_resume(struct acpi_device *device)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init acpi_power_init(void)
+int __init acpi_power_init(void)
 {
 	int result = 0;
 
-
-	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return 0;
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&acpi_power_resource_list);
 
 	acpi_power_dir = proc_mkdir(ACPI_POWER_CLASS, acpi_root_dir);
@@ -795,5 +791,3 @@ static int __init acpi_power_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-subsys_initcall(acpi_power_init);