diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 877f461b0cb4..09dd8ff379cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int __init topology_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-subsys_initcall(topology_init);
+postcore_initcall(topology_init);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_PROC_CPU
 static int __init proc_cpu_init(void)