diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
index 57898a17eb8219ac20ec8cd5fb116f10702082e5..c0a72105ee0b0946e57a094b24fa5bbb3cb8f425 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 extern void __init arc_init_IRQ(void);
 extern int __init get_hw_config_num_irq(void);
 
-void __cpuinit arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu);
+void arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arc/kernel/irq.c
index 4918a66a1d8ecbaa34d8aaabd819b2d373c19b89..305b3f866aa7107a027a61aa1752d021c44ab393 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * -Disable all IRQs (on CPU side)
  * -Optionally, setup the High priority Interrupts as Level 2 IRQs
  */
-void __cpuinit arc_init_IRQ(void)
+void arc_init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	int level_mask = 0;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index 5b6ee41113bfd9a8d01e6e2e1c34c186d4f74d86..6b083454d0391d2177511ac1eb24300dfc19861c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 int running_on_hw = 1;	/* vs. on ISS */
 
 char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
-struct machine_desc *machine_desc __cpuinitdata;
+struct machine_desc *machine_desc;
 
 struct task_struct *_current_task[NR_CPUS];	/* For stack switching */
 
 struct cpuinfo_arc cpuinfo_arc700[NR_CPUS];
 
 
-void __cpuinit read_arc_build_cfg_regs(void)
+void read_arc_build_cfg_regs(void)
 {
 	struct bcr_perip uncached_space;
 	struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()];
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ char *arc_extn_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-void __cpuinit arc_chk_ccms(void)
+void arc_chk_ccms(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_DCCM) || defined(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ICCM)
 	struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()];
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void __cpuinit arc_chk_ccms(void)
  * hardware has dedicated regs which need to be saved/restored on ctx-sw
  * (Single Precision uses core regs), thus kernel is kind of oblivious to it
  */
-void __cpuinit arc_chk_fpu(void)
+void arc_chk_fpu(void)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_arc *cpu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()];
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void __cpuinit arc_chk_fpu(void)
  *    such as only for boot CPU etc
  */
 
-void __cpuinit setup_processor(void)
+void setup_processor(void)
 {
 	char str[512];
 	int cpu_id = smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
index 5c7fd603d216c7bd8e0938074f32349358b6b84e..bca3052c956dab7edc2c5ccffba613f7a1d5cd39 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const char *arc_platform_smp_cpuinfo(void)
  * Called from asm stub in head.S
  * "current"/R25 already setup by low level boot code
  */
-void __cpuinit start_kernel_secondary(void)
+void start_kernel_secondary(void)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = &init_mm;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void __cpuinit start_kernel_secondary(void)
  *
  * Essential requirements being where to run from (PC) and stack (SP)
 */
-int __cpuinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
+int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	unsigned long wait_till;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index 32afa54a585d500613af51a6d97e9a7e70c775ff..0e51e69cf30d772b646ef8a1d2c5605bf63b929a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_RTSC
 
-int __cpuinit arc_counter_setup(void)
+int arc_counter_setup(void)
 {
 	/* RTSC insn taps into cpu clk, needs no setup */
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static bool is_usable_as_clocksource(void)
 /*
  * set 32bit TIMER1 to keep counting monotonically and wraparound
  */
-int __cpuinit arc_counter_setup(void)
+int arc_counter_setup(void)
 {
 	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_TIMER1_LIMIT, ARC_TIMER_MAX);
 	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_TIMER1_CNT, 0);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct irqaction arc_timer_irq = {
  * Setup the local event timer for @cpu
  * N.B. weak so that some exotic ARC SoCs can completely override it
  */
-void __attribute__((weak)) __cpuinit arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+void __attribute__((weak)) arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *clk = &per_cpu(arc_clockevent_device, cpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
index 66c75ee16e503778e32292333bbeb5a2b9c91f48..f415d851b765888c500d70f887af96ed226fd88c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ char *arc_cache_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len)
  * the cpuinfo structure for later use.
  * No Validation done here, simply read/convert the BCRs
  */
-void __cpuinit read_decode_cache_bcr(void)
+void read_decode_cache_bcr(void)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_cache *p_ic, *p_dc;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void __cpuinit read_decode_cache_bcr(void)
  * 3. Enable the Caches, setup default flush mode for D-Cache
  * 3. Calculate the SHMLBA used by user space
  */
-void __cpuinit arc_cache_init(void)
+void arc_cache_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_cache *ic = &cpuinfo_arc700[cpu].icache;
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
index d44ae33c2d1e61a4a432ee31ec2214a6668a8fc5..7957dc4e4d4a4c8acee3fe521d0ecf8bb939c39c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vaddr_unaligned,
  * the cpuinfo structure for later use.
  * No Validation is done here, simply read/convert the BCRs
  */
-void __cpuinit read_decode_mmu_bcr(void)
+void read_decode_mmu_bcr(void)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_mmu *mmu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()].mmu;
 	unsigned int tmp;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ char *arc_mmu_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-void __cpuinit arc_mmu_init(void)
+void arc_mmu_init(void)
 {
 	char str[256];
 	struct cpuinfo_arc_mmu *mmu = &cpuinfo_arc700[smp_processor_id()].mmu;