diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index e6a2d6b80cdae8a84e72566da1642bff59a7dc7a..d6e7778bac708bbfb7a328c3daac816c31281c80 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev amd_cpu_dev __initdata = {
 		},
 	},
 	.c_init		= init_amd,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 	.c_size_cache	= amd_size_cache,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 730a7ab750095d73393590d4015dfa33063c3ab4..24ac51a023781fab4a5168cf18644d18bb76a507 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void __init early_cpu_detect(void)
 	}
 }
 
-void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
+static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 {
 	u32 tfms, xlvl;
 	int ebx;
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index 5a1d4f163e84d6ff75a28aa91c6c65e3b53a717a..2f6432cef6ffb68c4bd9391f34313d20ca66cdb1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ extern struct cpu_dev * cpu_devs [X86_VENDOR_NUM];
 extern int get_model_name(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void display_cacheinfo(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
-extern void generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c);
-
 extern void early_intel_workaround(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index f03b7f94c304af1cc742745d439fb4b72eae1e6e..bb02ed1fe56017588d80eebfa8e80addc458abc4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ static void cyrix_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 			local_irq_restore(flags);
 		}
 	}
-	generic_identify(c);
 }
 
 static struct cpu_dev cyrix_cpu_dev __initdata = {
@@ -457,7 +456,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev nsc_cpu_dev __initdata = {
 	.c_vendor	= "NSC",
 	.c_ident 	= { "Geode by NSC" },
 	.c_init		= init_nsc,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 };
 
 int __init nsc_init_cpu(void)
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 5a2e270924b13727f1411eb11dea7a0f114e7cce..26243e019d1136699d1e66c71b0da91d20196388 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev intel_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 		},
 	},
 	.c_init		= init_intel,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 	.c_size_cache	= intel_size_cache,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c
index ad87fa58058d574c7eaa431b2497f82ff60156a8..df188bfd759b51f70352192a3a653249775417e7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static void __init nexgen_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 	if ( deep_magic_nexgen_probe() ) {
 		strcpy(c->x86_vendor_id, "NexGenDriven");
 	}
-	generic_identify(c);
 }
 
 static struct cpu_dev nexgen_cpu_dev __initdata = {
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
index 7214c9b577ab91329ecdb261926e2cdde6e729fd..4027c369bc9038cbba0ff6864543a3a16f5a1296 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static void __init init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 static void __init transmeta_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 {
 	u32 xlvl;
-	generic_identify(c);
 
 	/* Transmeta-defined flags: level 0x80860001 */
 	xlvl = cpuid_eax(0x80860000);