diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index c0d8208af12a2d92e4e5bee3baf6b52dadb3efd6..ff9029d34133729631083aff28ff242f16fa90f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static void __cpuinit display_cacheinfo(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-static int nearby_node(int apicid)
+static int __cpuinit nearby_node(int apicid)
 {
 	int i, node;