diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index db9eca8d3cf2..a812e841cb64 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 	acpi_power_init();
 	acpi_system_init();
 	acpi_debug_init();
+	acpi_sleep_proc_init();
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 8a45dd8e03b5..8870e5fd8494 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ int acpi_boot_ec_enable(void);
                                   Suspend/Resume
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 extern int acpi_sleep_init(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
+int acpi_sleep_proc_init(void);
+#else
+static inline int acpi_sleep_proc_init(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/proc.c b/drivers/acpi/proc.c
index 428c911dba08..05dfdc96802e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/proc.c
@@ -496,11 +496,8 @@ static u32 rtc_handler(void *context)
 }
 #endif				/* HAVE_ACPI_LEGACY_ALARM */
 
-static int __init acpi_sleep_proc_init(void)
+int __init acpi_sleep_proc_init(void)
 {
-	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return 0;
-
 #ifdef	CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS
 	/* 'sleep' [R/W] */
 	proc_create("sleep", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
@@ -527,5 +524,3 @@ static int __init acpi_sleep_proc_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-late_initcall(acpi_sleep_proc_init);