diff --git a/sys/i386/isa/istallion.c b/sys/i386/isa/istallion.c
index 10b292ebc4be..35aa8363d8f1 100644
--- a/sys/i386/isa/istallion.c
+++ b/sys/i386/isa/istallion.c
@@ -815,10 +815,6 @@ static int stliprobe(struct isa_device *idp)
 {
 	stlibrd_t	*brdp;
 	int		btype, bclass;
-	static int once;
-
-	if (!once++)
-		cdevsw_add(&stli_cdevsw);
 
 #if DEBUG
 	printf("stliprobe(idp=%x): unit=%d iobase=%x flags=%x\n", (int) idp,
@@ -919,6 +915,9 @@ static int stliattach(struct isa_device *idp)
 		return(0);
 	if (brdp->state & BST_FOUND)
 		stli_brdattach(brdp);
+	if (0) {
+		make_dev(&stli_cdevsw, 0, 0, 0, 0, "istallion_is_broken");
+	}
 	return(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/isa/stallion.c b/sys/i386/isa/stallion.c
index 77db37f407b8..1d8c66614528 100644
--- a/sys/i386/isa/stallion.c
+++ b/sys/i386/isa/stallion.c
@@ -552,14 +552,6 @@ static struct cdevsw stl_cdevsw = {
 	/* kqfilter */	ttykqfilter,
 };
 
-static void stl_drvinit(void *unused)
-{
-
-	cdevsw_add(&stl_cdevsw);
-}
-
-SYSINIT(sidev,SI_SUB_DRIVERS,SI_ORDER_MIDDLE+CDEV_MAJOR,stl_drvinit,NULL)
-
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -662,6 +654,9 @@ static int stlattach(struct isa_device *idp)
 	brdp->irqtype = stl_irqshared;
 	stl_brdinit(brdp);
 
+	if (0) {
+		make_dev(&stl_cdevsw, 0, 0, 0, 0, "stallion_is_broken");
+	}
 	return(1);
 }