diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index e379d3fd16948cff85732eb5287dfc49557e9edc..389fb8077cc9cea25746b12497673dd573d35c56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #endif
 
 int boot_cpuid = 0;
-int __initdata spinning_secondaries;
+int spinning_secondaries;
 u64 ppc64_pft_size;
 
 /* Pick defaults since we might want to patch instructions