diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
index fc8b175..a6d8c45 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 	.pre_handler = trampoline_probe_handler
 };
 
-int __init arch_init(void)
+int __init arch_init_kprobes(void)
 {
 	return register_kprobe(&trampoline_p);
 }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3aa3167..884f5cd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 	.pre_handler = trampoline_probe_handler
 };
 
-int __init arch_init(void)
+int __init arch_init_kprobes(void)
 {
 	trampoline_p.addr =
 		(kprobe_opcode_t *)((struct fnptr *)kretprobe_trampoline)->ip;
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c
index 1d2ff6d..a3d5195 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 	.pre_handler = trampoline_probe_handler
 };
 
-int __init arch_init(void)
+int __init arch_init_kprobes(void)
 {
 	return register_kprobe(&trampoline_p);
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
index bdac631..bbf11f8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -433,3 +433,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* architecture specific initialization */
+int arch_init_kprobes(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
index acd2a77..5c6dc70 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 	.pre_handler = trampoline_probe_handler
 };
 
-int __init arch_init(void)
+int __init arch_init_kprobes(void)
 {
 	return register_kprobe(&trampoline_p);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index b7a194c..e050fc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 extern void arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
 extern void arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
 extern void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
-extern int arch_init(void);
+extern int arch_init_kprobes(void);
 extern void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern kprobe_opcode_t *get_insn_slot(void);
 extern void free_insn_slot(kprobe_opcode_t *slot);
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 90c0e82..b023712 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&kretprobe_inst_table[i]);
 	}
 
-	err = arch_init();
+	err = arch_init_kprobes();
 	if (!err)
 		err = register_die_notifier(&kprobe_exceptions_nb);