diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 658e7977924dad3eb6cd2830d8158d2109e2c261..ef7468376ae62a1f4242052ea96df15b4bd6546a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,15 @@ static int __init init_ipv4_mibs(void)
 static int ipv4_proc_init(void);
 extern void ipfrag_init(void);
 
+/*
+ *	IP protocol layer initialiser
+ */
+
+static struct packet_type ip_packet_type = {
+	.type = __constant_htons(ETH_P_IP),
+	.func = ip_rcv,
+};
+
 static int __init inet_init(void)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *dummy_skb;
@@ -1102,6 +1111,8 @@ static int __init inet_init(void)
 
 	ipfrag_init();
 
+	dev_add_pack(&ip_packet_type);
+
 	rc = 0;
 out:
 	return rc;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 1bfa49eda96f121f6e71c0e923cdf21e541ce8c8..9de83e6e0f1d7b9dfc5223f0ac0e3c8750f49c17 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -1328,23 +1328,8 @@ void ip_send_reply(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_reply_arg *ar
 	ip_rt_put(rt);
 }
 
-/*
- *	IP protocol layer initialiser
- */
-
-static struct packet_type ip_packet_type = {
-	.type = __constant_htons(ETH_P_IP),
-	.func = ip_rcv,
-};
-
-/*
- *	IP registers the packet type and then calls the subprotocol initialisers
- */
-
 void __init ip_init(void)
 {
-	dev_add_pack(&ip_packet_type);
-
 	ip_rt_init();
 	inet_initpeers();