diff --git a/drivers/s390/virtio/kvm_virtio.c b/drivers/s390/virtio/kvm_virtio.c
index 1d060fd293a3b8e8a4d4095b2ad84241913272d5..b0a849f02df36a11282b680fe25b9839be5353d7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/virtio/kvm_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/virtio/kvm_virtio.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int __init kvm_devices_init(void)
 }
 
 /* code for early console output with virtio_console */
-static __init int early_put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
+static int early_put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
 {
 	char scratch[17];
 	unsigned int len = count;