diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_cluster.c
index e4bf2cc0d743998b069925574ff93c559f7c24f3..f6a2c8eb48a6bb1706212636246539d5f1ce64dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_cluster.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(u32, x86_cpu_to_logical_apicid);
 
-static int __init x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
+static int x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
 {
 	if (cpu_has_x2apic)
 		return 1;