diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/fb.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/fb.c
index 0054b9501a53976a384cde437b43be7c03cc582a..a727133683ea2d638bd447be1a871f2db3395f39 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/fb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/fb.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void omapfb_set_ctrl_platform_data(void *data)
 	omapfb_config.ctrl_platform_data = data;
 }
 
-static inline int omap_init_fb(void)
+static int __init omap_init_fb(void)
 {
 	const struct omap_lcd_config *conf;
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void omapfb_set_platform_data(struct omapfb_platform_data *data)
 	omapfb_config = *data;
 }
 
-static inline int omap_init_fb(void)
+static int __init omap_init_fb(void)
 {
 	return platform_device_register(&omap_fb_device);
 }