diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/functions/lantiq.sh b/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/functions/lantiq.sh
index 630832e512ce0b8c759c3775951a92fa8c5800b0..89f194b39e08557cdc76f45423c9747af4b9f5b6 100644
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/functions/lantiq.sh
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/functions/lantiq.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-lantiq_board_detect() {
-	name=`grep "^machine" /proc/cpuinfo | sed "s/machine.*: \(.*\)/\1/g" | sed "s/\(.*\) - .*/\1/g"`
-	model=`grep "^machine" /proc/cpuinfo | sed "s/machine.*: \(.*\)/\1/g" | sed "s/.* - \(.*\)/\1/g"`
-	[ -z "$name" ] && name="unknown"
-	[ -z "$model" ] && model="unknown"
-	[ -e "/tmp/sysinfo/" ] || mkdir -p "/tmp/sysinfo/"
-	echo $name > /tmp/sysinfo/board_name
-	echo $model > /tmp/sysinfo/model
-}
-
 lantiq_board_model() {
 	local model
 
diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_board.sh b/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_board.sh
index 6d4bd67af531a6ae6c9d727ed9e6deeba6666bd9..aef946036eb1613b2da609805c64b5189d5780a7 100755
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_board.sh
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_board.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+lantiq_board_detect() {
+	name=`grep "^machine" /proc/cpuinfo | sed "s/machine.*: \(.*\)/\1/g" | sed "s/\(.*\) - .*/\1/g"`
+	model=`grep "^machine" /proc/cpuinfo | sed "s/machine.*: \(.*\)/\1/g" | sed "s/.* - \(.*\)/\1/g"`
+	[ -z "$name" ] && name="unknown"
+	[ -z "$model" ] && model="unknown"
+	[ -e "/tmp/sysinfo/" ] || mkdir -p "/tmp/sysinfo/"
+	echo $name > /tmp/sysinfo/board_name
+	echo $model > /tmp/sysinfo/model
+}
+
 do_lantiq() {
 	. /lib/functions/lantiq.sh