diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
index 6e6e7558e702cbdeb56a5fb7c5e048cb82f15e9b..4564c8e28a33562a347066c4e87b5ec09a01e497 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ extern void arch_unregister_cpu(int);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state);
 
-int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
+int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPU_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e764fc05d700365246d4e77f52a406bbfe1c7d22..3c189e9accd38d352b65e23f39eeee3582613028 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
 #define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO		0x01
 #define MWAIT_EDX_C1			0xf0
 
-int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;