diff --git a/arch/arm64/core/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm64/core/xen/enlighten.c
index 164947a09ffdccb..91bf014b76212e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/core/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/core/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int xen_map_shared_info(const shared_info_t *shared_page)
 	return HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_add_to_physmap, &xatp);
 }
 
-static int xen_enlighten_init(void)
+int xen_enlighten_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	shared_info_t *info = (shared_info_t *) shared_info_buf;
@@ -66,5 +66,3 @@ static int xen_enlighten_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-SYS_INIT(xen_enlighten_init, PRE_KERNEL_1, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEVICE);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/kernel_arch_func.h b/arch/arm64/include/kernel_arch_func.h
index cc91abc3b49f3f1..d2c346be1f02c34 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/kernel_arch_func.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/kernel_arch_func.h
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifndef _ASMLANGUAGE
 
+extern void xen_enlighten_init(void);
+
 static ALWAYS_INLINE void arch_kernel_init(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+	xen_enlighten_init();
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline void arch_switch(void *switch_to, void **switched_from)