diff --git a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
index 87c180b563d36dc6623c52df7a5fb2111e8155c1..7c851b1e6daa4ba99e4d107213fca4abb34c76b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int rhine_napipoll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void rhine_hw_init(struct net_device *dev, long pioaddr)
+static void __devinit rhine_hw_init(struct net_device *dev, long pioaddr)
 {
 	struct rhine_private *rp = netdev_priv(dev);