diff --git a/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_smtc.c b/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_smtc.c
index d1c80f6311005e7b48d7192698cb236dcd7b2936..0fb4c269901ce7ad44b160b4956aa706cfde6151 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_smtc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_smtc.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void prom_init_secondary(void)
  * but it may be multithreaded.
  */
 
-void plat_smp_setup(void)
+void __cpuinit plat_smp_setup(void)
 {
 	if (read_c0_config3() & (1<<2))
 		mipsmt_build_cpu_map(0);