diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index f80b700f821ca4ece2a17ef1db08c099738f74fe..6f456f0f8185432371b7b0a44be44845c6fc210e 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table;
  * which is also the index into the MWAIT hint array.
  * Thus C0 is a dummy.
  */
-static struct cpuidle_state nehalem_cstates[] __initdata = {
+static struct cpuidle_state nehalem_cstates[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "C1-NHM",
 		.desc = "MWAIT 0x00",
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state nehalem_cstates[] __initdata = {
 		.enter = NULL }
 };
 
-static struct cpuidle_state snb_cstates[] __initdata = {
+static struct cpuidle_state snb_cstates[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "C1-SNB",
 		.desc = "MWAIT 0x00",
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state snb_cstates[] __initdata = {
 		.enter = NULL }
 };
 
-static struct cpuidle_state ivb_cstates[] __initdata = {
+static struct cpuidle_state ivb_cstates[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "C1-IVB",
 		.desc = "MWAIT 0x00",
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state ivb_cstates[] __initdata = {
 		.enter = NULL }
 };
 
-static struct cpuidle_state hsw_cstates[] __initdata = {
+static struct cpuidle_state hsw_cstates[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "C1-HSW",
 		.desc = "MWAIT 0x00",
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state hsw_cstates[] __initdata = {
 		.enter = NULL }
 };
 
-static struct cpuidle_state atom_cstates[] __initdata = {
+static struct cpuidle_state atom_cstates[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "C1E-ATM",
 		.desc = "MWAIT 0x00",