diff --git a/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
index c023b7298809b282639168eb2125f4e9d3218de0..35ebb6395ae3329d5117d4d0611d21e60d12a361 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd)
 	free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, PGDIR_ORDER);
 }
 
-pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+__init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	extern int mem_init_done;