diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
index bfd532843df68f46b43ac822b581534bb23771ac..680a06557c5e6c255fa9ea2e5c4decc155d68a73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, x2apic_extra_bits);
 
 static enum uv_system_type uv_system_type;
 
-static int __init uv_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
+static int uv_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(oem_id, "SGI")) {
 		if (!strcmp(oem_table_id, "UVL"))