diff --git a/common/blspec.c b/common/blspec.c
index ec63ddb..8132d14 100644
--- a/common/blspec.c
+++ b/common/blspec.c
@@ -732,3 +732,27 @@
 
 	return blspec_scan_device(bootentries, dev);
 }
+
+static int blspec_bootentry_provider(struct bootentries *bootentries,
+				     const char *name)
+{
+	int ret, found = 0;
+
+	ret = blspec_scan_devicename(bootentries, name);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		found += ret;
+
+	if (*name == '/' || !strncmp(name, "nfs://", 6)) {
+		ret = blspec_scan_directory(bootentries, name);
+		if (ret > 0)
+			found += ret;
+	}
+
+	return found;
+}
+
+static int blspec_init(void)
+{
+	return bootentry_register_provider(blspec_bootentry_provider);
+}
+device_initcall(blspec_init);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/boot.c b/common/boot.c
index f0359cf..3280ac4 100644
--- a/common/boot.c
+++ b/common/boot.c
@@ -283,18 +283,6 @@
 	struct bootentry_provider *p;
 	int found = 0, ret;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLSPEC)) {
-		ret = blspec_scan_devicename(bootentries, name);
-		if (ret > 0)
-			found += ret;
-
-		if (*name == '/' || !strncmp(name, "nfs://", 6)) {
-			ret = blspec_scan_directory(bootentries, name);
-			if (ret > 0)
-				found += ret;
-		}
-	}
-
 	list_for_each_entry(p, &bootentry_providers, list) {
 		ret = p->fn(bootentries, name);
 		if (ret > 0)