diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 421b62d900afc641e4cd377ec1f367448684a441..9455e42abb23cfba0ab4ed44a7b06068d14cf482 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -3510,8 +3510,8 @@ static void __exit ide_cdrom_exit(void)
 {
 	driver_unregister(&ide_cdrom_driver.gen_driver);
 }
- 
-static int ide_cdrom_init(void)
+
+static int __init ide_cdrom_init(void)
 {
 	return driver_register(&ide_cdrom_driver.gen_driver);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 1a45f75dc9b2ebbe436c7dd63d3a355614b7dbee..f4e3d3527b0e6f5e5cdf12f2a8e8da47e7082e1d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static void __exit idedisk_exit (void)
 	driver_unregister(&idedisk_driver.gen_driver);
 }
 
-static int idedisk_init (void)
+static int __init idedisk_init(void)
 {
 	return driver_register(&idedisk_driver.gen_driver);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 94c147b79a4974088d9c5900dd4872ef3b47c630..9e293c8063dccfbe20b9589df836b8b0fa34f4f8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2191,10 +2191,7 @@ static void __exit idefloppy_exit (void)
 	driver_unregister(&idefloppy_driver.gen_driver);
 }
 
-/*
- *	idefloppy_init will register the driver for each floppy.
- */
-static int idefloppy_init (void)
+static int __init idefloppy_init(void)
 {
 	printk("ide-floppy driver " IDEFLOPPY_VERSION "\n");
 	return driver_register(&idefloppy_driver.gen_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 2069dd693c9f4bcd42a20ba1ec7744106a1954d0..7d7944ed4158b89b88e73d6fb4220fdb1111609c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -4916,10 +4916,7 @@ static void __exit idetape_exit (void)
 	unregister_chrdev(IDETAPE_MAJOR, "ht");
 }
 
-/*
- *	idetape_init will register the driver for each tape.
- */
-static int idetape_init (void)
+static int __init idetape_init(void)
 {
 	int error = 1;
 	idetape_sysfs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ide_tape");