diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
index 4fa54b230c098ab39c75e07bec68cbf720d15f21..818d7c350a2bf5c453eb1d8adf8b340accca896a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 extern void prom_putchar(char);
 
-static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+static void __init
+early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 {
 	while (n-- && *s) {
 		if (*s == '\n')
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct console early_console = {
+static struct console early_console __initdata = {
 	.name	= "early",
 	.write	= early_console_write,
 	.flags	= CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,