diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
index 482802569e74919298d35c829327c0ee7d5b0350..cee25ddd0887470ebe167b5e0cb6a91d2e5d3a1e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ unsigned long netlogic_io_base = (unsigned long)(DEFAULT_NETLOGIC_IO_BASE);
 unsigned long nlm_common_ebase = 0x0;
 struct psb_info nlm_prom_info;
 
-static void nlm_early_serial_setup(void)
+static void __init nlm_early_serial_setup(void)
 {
 	struct uart_port s;
 	nlm_reg_t *uart_base;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
 	/* Nothing yet */
 }
 
-static void build_arcs_cmdline(int *argv)
+static void __init build_arcs_cmdline(int *argv)
 {
 	int i, remain, len;
 	char *arg;
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
index d842bce5c9405a2f267bb7f3de5cfda97f8e835e..e2372121307cd4698f5e7ca1811ee37c1b2470b5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct plat_smp_ops nlm_smp_ops = {
 
 unsigned long secondary_entry_point;
 
-int nlm_wakeup_secondary_cpus(u32 wakeup_mask)
+int __cpuinit nlm_wakeup_secondary_cpus(u32 wakeup_mask)
 {
 	unsigned int tid, pid, ipi, i, boot_cpu;
 	void *reset_vec;
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smpboot.S b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smpboot.S
index b8e074402c990916aebc933568e3f80b633cf52e..8cb7889ce0cca112bef5b2d9ea06ece68aae0689 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smpboot.S
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smpboot.S
@@ -32,17 +32,19 @@
  * IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/regdef.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 
-
-/* Don't jump to linux function from Bootloader stack. Change it
- * here. Kernel might allocate bootloader memory before all the CPUs are
- * brought up (eg: Inode cache region) and we better don't overwrite this
- * memory
+/*
+ * Early code for secondary CPUs. This will get them out of the bootloader
+ * code and into linux. Needed because the bootloader area will be taken
+ * and initialized by linux.
  */
+	__CPUINIT
 NESTED(prom_pre_boot_secondary_cpus, 16, sp)
 	.set	mips64
 	mfc0	t0, $15, 1	# read ebase
@@ -73,7 +75,11 @@ NESTED(prom_pre_boot_secondary_cpus, 16, sp)
 	jr	t0
 	nop
 END(prom_pre_boot_secondary_cpus)
+	__FINIT
 
+/*
+ * NMI code, used for CPU wakeup, copied to reset entry
+ */
 NESTED(nlm_boot_smp_nmi, 0, sp)
 	.set push
 	.set noat