diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
index 091284760d21f..f65afa7e7d289 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
@@ -1484,9 +1484,6 @@ 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);
-
 	return nd;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ncsi_register_dev);
@@ -1566,8 +1563,6 @@ void ncsi_unregister_dev(struct ncsi_dev *nd)
 #endif
 	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 45f33d6dedf77..a2f4280e28898 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c
@@ -397,24 +397,8 @@ 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 91a5c256f8c4f..6c55a67751577 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.h
@@ -14,7 +14,4 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
-int ncsi_init_netlink(struct net_device *dev);
-int ncsi_unregister_netlink(struct net_device *dev);
-
 #endif /* __NCSI_NETLINK_H__ */