diff --git a/kernel/bpf/offload.c b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
index d9c9f45e3529c..8a26cd8814c1b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/offload.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
@@ -859,4 +859,4 @@ static int __init bpf_offload_init(void)
 	return rhashtable_init(&offdevs, &offdevs_params);
 }
 
-late_initcall(bpf_offload_init);
+core_initcall(bpf_offload_init);