diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3a5c874a40ae20c909d87f42b08d5bf62ec4e6a9..ba44c65af820a40752a4f6ce81e298e00defbd28 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9963,6 +9963,8 @@ void __init early_trace_init(void)
 			static_key_enable(&tracepoint_printk_key.key);
 	}
 	tracer_alloc_buffers();
+
+	init_events();
 }
 
 void __init trace_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index e867124df48540c67d6388af6f1e227ae4943501..4c3372ffae912551684477822a8c543c1aa80fad 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ extern void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable);
 extern void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable);
 
 extern int event_trace_init(void);
+extern int init_events(void);
 extern int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr);
 extern int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr);
 extern void __trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 42618f0efda803f0ff9afb5bc33fd7f67f862149..0a468fb78e3809f7a172857a02365dd4fb1dd306 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static struct trace_event *events[] __initdata = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-__init static int init_events(void)
+__init int init_events(void)
 {
 	struct trace_event *event;
 	int i, ret;
@@ -1523,4 +1523,3 @@ __init static int init_events(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_events);