4 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index f54dab8acdcd..a398ecdbd758 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static int __init chr_dev_init(void)
                               NULL, devlist[minor].name);
         }
 
-        return 0;
+        return tty_init();
 }
 
 fs_initcall(chr_dev_init);
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index d71f0fc34b46..507441ac6edb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3128,7 +3128,7 @@ static struct cdev tty_cdev, console_cdev;
  * Ok, now we can initialize the rest of the tty devices and can count
  * on memory allocations, interrupts etc..
  */
-static int __init tty_init(void)
+int __init tty_init(void)
 {
         cdev_init(&tty_cdev, &tty_fops);
         if (cdev_add(&tty_cdev, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 0), 1) ||
@@ -3149,4 +3149,4 @@ static int __init tty_init(void)
 #endif
         return 0;
 }
-module_init(tty_init);
+
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index d6db933df2b2..f80a4f25123c 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 931078b73226..7802a243ee13 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ static inline void tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 }
 #endif
 
+/* tty_io.c */
+extern int __init tty_init(void);
+
 /* tty_ioctl.c */
 extern int n_tty_ioctl_helper(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
                        unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);