diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
index e447938d39cf1f48cfd7a6707b66739e9208cb54..0dc714fa23d899d690a004610dad1d9ac8254c6b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -375,5 +375,5 @@ static int __init cpu_type_probe(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-arch_initcall(cpu_type_probe);
+early_initcall(cpu_type_probe);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
index b87873c0e8ea5f72be8ffe784e1035911b05a68c..ae96cf52a955c71b74395f0e5f06b10f64186e63 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ int __init pcr_arch_init(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
-arch_initcall(pcr_arch_init);
+early_initcall(pcr_arch_init);