diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe_io.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe_io.c
index a5e2d0e5ab51..150913fce981 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe_io.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe_io.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <soc/fsl/qe/qe.h>
@@ -184,3 +185,17 @@ int par_io_of_config(struct device_node *np)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(par_io_of_config);
+
+static int __init par_io_populate(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = of_find_node_by_type(NULL, "par_io");
+
+	if (!np)
+		return 0;
+
+	of_platform_default_populate(np, NULL, NULL);
+	of_node_put(np);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(par_io_populate);