diff --git a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
index 79954bd6bfa5a02b963e6c2868c9c5ad22bed5af..292b60da6dc763e83c34ee2fa49b9a8361908205 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static __init int early_put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
 	return len;
 }
 
-void s390_virtio_console_init(void)
+void __init s390_virtio_console_init(void)
 {
 	virtio_cons_early_init(early_put_chars);
 }