diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/head-v7.S b/arch/arm/mach-imx/head-v7.S
index c844112061be2c7f01442d45eb54f064dfd9dfc1..914f2a14c65ec1bbd4f93980bc4abecc35ee06ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/head-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/head-v7.S
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h>
 
 	.section ".text.head", "ax"
-	__CPUINIT
 
 /*
  * The secondary kernel init calls v7_flush_dcache_all before it enables