diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu.c b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu.c
index 47db49911e7b..2d24359420d8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu.c
@@ -353,7 +353,12 @@ static struct platform_driver imx_scu_driver = {
 	},
 	.probe = imx_scu_probe,
 };
-builtin_platform_driver(imx_scu_driver);
+
+static int __init imx_scu_driver_init(void)
+{
+	return platform_driver_register(&imx_scu_driver);
+}
+subsys_initcall_sync(imx_scu_driver_init);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IMX SCU firmware protocol driver");