diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/geode/alix.c b/arch/x86/platform/geode/alix.c
index 76b6632d31433..1865c196f1363 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/geode/alix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/geode/alix.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/leds.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 #define BIOS_SIGNATURE_COREBOOT		0x500
 #define BIOS_REGION_SIZE		0x10000
 
+/*
+ * This driver is not modular, but to keep back compatibility
+ * with existing use cases, continuing with module_param is
+ * the easiest way forward.
+ */
 static bool force = 0;
 module_param(force, bool, 0444);
 /* FIXME: Award bios is not automatically detected as Alix platform */
@@ -192,9 +197,4 @@ static int __init alix_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-module_init(alix_init);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ed Wildgoose <kernel@wildgooses.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PCEngines ALIX System Setup");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+device_initcall(alix_init);