diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
index 7ad824d510a2138bca6b7e3d1ec8aae4c0ac014a..8cc38d3bab0c57a79f68fe53e4915f9393335cba 100644
--- a/include/linux/smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/smp.h
@@ -85,12 +85,15 @@ int smp_call_function_any(const struct cpumask *mask,
  * Generic and arch helpers
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
+void __init call_function_init(void);
 void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void);
 void generic_smp_call_function_interrupt(void);
 void ipi_call_lock(void);
 void ipi_call_unlock(void);
 void ipi_call_lock_irq(void);
 void ipi_call_unlock_irq(void);
+#else
+static inline void call_function_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ static inline void smp_send_reschedule(int cpu) { }
 #define smp_prepare_boot_cpu()			do {} while (0)
 #define smp_call_function_many(mask, func, info, wait) \
 			(up_smp_call_function(func, info))
-static inline void init_call_single_data(void) { }
+static inline void call_function_init(void) { }
 
 static inline int
 smp_call_function_any(const struct cpumask *mask, smp_call_func_t func,
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index cafba67c13bf8b57493e49b0501ef4265e76204b..d7211faed2adfb295caf46bbb9c70835f622eabe 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	timekeeping_init();
 	time_init();
 	profile_init();
+	call_function_init();
 	if (!irqs_disabled())
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
 				 "enabled early\n");
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 73a1951935581f48915d77e8409a3049b78de8df..fb67dfa8394edc70174a51fd93b72965a3929b71 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata hotplug_cfd_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call		= hotplug_cfd,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
+void __init call_function_init(void)
 {
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
 	int i;
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
 
 	hotplug_cfd(&hotplug_cfd_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&hotplug_cfd_notifier);
-
-	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_call_single_data);
 
 /*
  * csd_lock/csd_unlock used to serialize access to per-cpu csd resources