diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
index f1be3e3f6425e..a9cb355324d1a 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
@@ -1726,9 +1726,6 @@ struct ncsi_dev *ncsi_register_dev(struct net_device *dev,
 	ndp->ptype.dev = dev;
 	dev_add_pack(&ndp->ptype);
 
-	/* Set up generic netlink interface */
-	ncsi_init_netlink(dev);
-
 	pdev = to_platform_device(dev->dev.parent);
 	if (pdev) {
 		np = pdev->dev.of_node;
@@ -1892,8 +1889,6 @@ void ncsi_unregister_dev(struct ncsi_dev *nd)
 	list_del_rcu(&ndp->node);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ncsi_dev_lock, flags);
 
-	ncsi_unregister_netlink(nd->dev);
-
 	kfree(ndp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ncsi_unregister_dev);
diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c
index 8b386d766e7d3..a33ea45dec054 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c
@@ -766,24 +766,8 @@ static struct genl_family ncsi_genl_family __ro_after_init = {
 	.n_ops = ARRAY_SIZE(ncsi_ops),
 };
 
-int ncsi_init_netlink(struct net_device *dev)
+static int __init ncsi_init_netlink(void)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = genl_register_family(&ncsi_genl_family);
-	if (rc)
-		netdev_err(dev, "ncsi: failed to register netlink family\n");
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-int ncsi_unregister_netlink(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = genl_unregister_family(&ncsi_genl_family);
-	if (rc)
-		netdev_err(dev, "ncsi: failed to unregister netlink family\n");
-
-	return rc;
+	return genl_register_family(&ncsi_genl_family);
 }
+subsys_initcall(ncsi_init_netlink);
diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h
index 7502723fba837..39a1a9d7bf77e 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h
@@ -22,7 +22,4 @@ int ncsi_send_netlink_err(struct net_device *dev,
 			  struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr,
 			  int err);
 
-int ncsi_init_netlink(struct net_device *dev);
-int ncsi_unregister_netlink(struct net_device *dev);
-
 #endif /* __NCSI_NETLINK_H__ */