diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index dab95a85f7f8590d240790e981830ea91f729cdd..55b67614ed942fad37e13fe5a48e4fab19f4feea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 extern pgd_t early_level4_pgt[PTRS_PER_PGD];
 extern pmd_t early_dynamic_pgts[EARLY_DYNAMIC_PAGE_TABLES][PTRS_PER_PMD];
 static unsigned int __initdata next_early_pgt = 2;
-pmdval_t __initdata early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
+pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
 
 /* Wipe all early page tables except for the kernel symbol map */
 static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void)