diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index 8ccb483204fa..64ac4da08094 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
 	return retval;
 
 }
-device_initcall(intel_idle_init);
+subsys_initcall_sync(intel_idle_init);
 
 /*
  * We are not really modular, but we used to support that.  Meaning we also