1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index c01dfec635d..817d2b195e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ static void __init pmu_check_apic(void)
         pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
 }
 
-void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
+int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 {
         struct event_constraint *c;
         int err;
@@ -1368,11 +1368,11 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
                 err = amd_pmu_init();
                 break;
         default:
-                return;
+                return 0;
         }
         if (err != 0) {
                 pr_cont("no PMU driver, software events only.\n");
-                return;
+                return 0;
         }
 
         pmu_check_apic();
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
         /* sanity check that the hardware exists or is emulated */
         if (!check_hw_exists()) {
                 pr_cont("Broken PMU hardware detected, software events only.\n");
-                return;
+                return 0;
         }
 
         pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);
@@ -1431,7 +1431,10 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 
         perf_pmu_register(&pmu);
         perf_cpu_notifier(x86_pmu_notifier);
+
+        return 0;
 }
+early_initcall(init_hw_perf_events);
 
 static inline void x86_pmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {