diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 0173065dc3b7bd81995f0d8ed5d84c7876624452..245866828294c6be3fcf369d0ea76a0a3eed59cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -343,10 +343,4 @@ static struct cpu_dev amd_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 	.c_size_cache	= amd_size_cache,
 };
 
-int __init amd_init_cpu(void)
-{
-	cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_AMD] = &amd_cpu_dev;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 cpu_vendor_dev_register(X86_VENDOR_AMD, &amd_cpu_dev);