diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
index 953d5fec82d5..6752dd1c1e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,8 @@ static void saa7134_alsa_exit(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-module_init(saa7134_alsa_init);
+/* We initialize this late, to make sure the sound system is up and running */
+late_initcall(saa7134_alsa_init);
 module_exit(saa7134_alsa_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ricardo Cerqueira");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-oss.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-oss.c
index 513a699a6df2..c450d57b2949 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-oss.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-oss.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,8 @@ static void saa7134_oss_exit(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-module_init(saa7134_oss_init);
+/* We initialize this late, to make sure the sound system is up and running */
+late_initcall(saa7134_oss_init);
 module_exit(saa7134_oss_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> [SuSE Labs]");