diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index 316c4dcc9856c603f50227c7c1c9a286ea3facd2..71a825df47ed74d32e69f94e7b9ad1e44b3edd1d 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ int arm_pmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			 const struct pmu_probe_info *probe_table)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
-	const int (*init_fn)(struct arm_pmu *);
+	armpmu_init_fn init_fn;
 	struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct arm_pmu *pmu;
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index 44f43fcf25242e5f6a91ec863a59f3ed5e21e69c..4249914315a4df9757906440e239d7c0d6a52a2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ int armpmu_map_event(struct perf_event *event,
 						[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX],
 		     u32 raw_event_mask);
 
+typedef int (*armpmu_init_fn)(struct arm_pmu *);
+
 struct pmu_probe_info {
 	unsigned int cpuid;
 	unsigned int mask;
-	int (*init)(struct arm_pmu *);
+	armpmu_init_fn init;
 };
 
 #define PMU_PROBE(_cpuid, _mask, _fn)	\