diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index dd1d027455c4d114b435212c27b66cde88c4d063..745f08fdd7a698ebd6f3a40da3cffedaa35497c6 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -861,7 +861,6 @@ static void try_to_optimize_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static void optimize_all_kprobes(void)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -887,6 +886,7 @@ static void optimize_all_kprobes(void)
 	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static void unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -2500,18 +2500,14 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_OPTPROBES)
-#if defined(__ARCH_WANT_KPROBES_INSN_SLOT)
-	/* Init kprobe_optinsn_slots */
-	kprobe_optinsn_slots.insn_size = MAX_OPTINSN_SIZE;
-#endif
-	/* By default, kprobes can be optimized */
-	kprobes_allow_optimization = true;
-#endif
-
 	/* By default, kprobes are armed */
 	kprobes_all_disarmed = false;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_OPTPROBES) && defined(__ARCH_WANT_KPROBES_INSN_SLOT)
+	/* Init kprobe_optinsn_slots for allocation */
+	kprobe_optinsn_slots.insn_size = MAX_OPTINSN_SIZE;
+#endif
+
 	err = arch_init_kprobes();
 	if (!err)
 		err = register_die_notifier(&kprobe_exceptions_nb);
@@ -2526,6 +2522,21 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
 }
 early_initcall(init_kprobes);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_OPTPROBES)
+static int __init init_optprobes(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Enable kprobe optimization - this kicks the optimizer which
+	 * depends on synchronize_rcu_tasks() and ksoftirqd, that is
+	 * not spawned in early initcall. So delay the optimization.
+	 */
+	optimize_all_kprobes();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(init_optprobes);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 static void report_probe(struct seq_file *pi, struct kprobe *p,
 		const char *sym, int offset, char *modname, struct kprobe *pp)