diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
index 71efc1a5de7eb31845f64a7c55c41613c22dd1e4..9816d5a4d176ff938561f88eae5119145a830bf3 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
@@ -195,12 +195,6 @@ pcibios_init(void)
 
 subsys_initcall(pcibios_init);
 
-char * __devinit
-pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 #ifdef ALPHA_RESTORE_SRM_SETUP
 static struct pdev_srm_saved_conf *srm_saved_configs;
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
index bc0cfdad1cbceecd2c7347c427c087b6ed8105ee..5b1ee82f63c5452750caf791fff3bd975c6d9c6a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ void __devinit  pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *b)
 {
 }
 
-char * __devinit  pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 void pcibios_set_master(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	u8 lat;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
index d173a88d744aaf3310bd60247b5b1158ea3a778a..81acc7a57f3e1e48cb364ed34c3a6ecf69710f89 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
@@ -498,15 +498,6 @@ pcibios_align_resource (void *data, const struct resource *res,
 	return res->start;
 }
 
-/*
- * PCI BIOS setup, always defaults to SAL interface
- */
-char * __init
-pcibios_setup (char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 int
 pci_mmap_page_range (struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		     enum pci_mmap_state mmap_state, int write_combine)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/pci/pci-common.c b/arch/microblaze/pci/pci-common.c
index 9b32483cd0c00a9511703130d1b91e0e045035d1..bd61512a1be4f40751104a3dcbf2e579d190af30 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/pci/pci-common.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/pci/pci-common.c
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ void pcibios_set_master(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	/* No special bus mastering setup handling */
 }
 
-char __devinit *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 /*
  * Reads the interrupt pin to determine if interrupt is use by card.
  * If the interrupt is used, then gets the interrupt line from the
diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
index 0a9bf778edb57dbd83c663e0fb5984b53853c088..690356808f8ac3cf7ab6ec7df4bee97f7144ef61 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start, vma->vm_page_prot);
 }
 
-char * (*pcibios_plat_setup)(char *str) __devinitdata;
+char * (*pcibios_plat_setup)(char *str) __initdata;
 
-char *__devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
+char *__init pcibios_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (pcibios_plat_setup)
 		return pcibios_plat_setup(str);
diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/ht.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/ht.c
index 63be40e470db9baae4269f075feabec031fbaed9..14dc9c8fff0e8262dfe53c0e7ab21c6589f12bb6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/ht.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/ht.c
@@ -395,17 +395,6 @@ void __init pcibios_init(void)
         pci_scan_bus(3, &titan_pci_ops, NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * for parsing "pci=" kernel boot arguments.
- */
-char *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-        printk(KERN_INFO "rr: pcibios_setup\n");
-        /* Nothing to do for now.  */
-
-        return str;
-}
-
 unsigned __init int pcibios_assign_all_busses(void)
 {
         /* We want to use the PCI bus detection done by PMON */
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
index 682efb0c108d22576992c9f554653e9329916d3b..f028e3dc25fb863cea827a9cdc49c2d40f521d9c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ int __init pcibios_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
 	return txx9_board_vec->pci_map_irq(dev, slot, pin);
 }
 
-char * (*txx9_board_pcibios_setup)(char *str) __devinitdata;
+char * (*txx9_board_pcibios_setup)(char *str) __initdata;
 
-char *__devinit txx9_pcibios_setup(char *str)
+char *__init txx9_pcibios_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (txx9_board_pcibios_setup && !txx9_board_pcibios_setup(str))
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/pci.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/pci.c
index 24644aca10cb3ab8729b1c9fb56d1b6723fc5f29..60309051875e9887bcda5e584742ddc843d8585d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/pci.c
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ void pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 }
 
 
-char *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 /*
  * Called by pci_set_master() - a driver interface.
  *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
index 7320f368552397044a6714325deec5258a39efad..cf40f2c2c08cb17ebcd5aa61da41e24a55ecd1e8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
@@ -200,11 +200,6 @@ int pcibios_add_platform_entries(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return device_create_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_devspec);
 }
 
-char __devinit *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 /*
  * Reads the interrupt pin to determine if interrupt is use by card.
  * If the interrupt is used, then gets the interrupt line from the
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/fixups-sdk7786.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/fixups-sdk7786.c
index 0e18ee332553f46898c7b0f23b6bdd435dd575a3..36eb6fc3c18abd883f1257b52cd9edf65e6f3ff3 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/fixups-sdk7786.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/fixups-sdk7786.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  * Misconfigurations can be detected through the FPGA via the slot
  * resistors to determine card presence. Hotplug remains unsupported.
  */
-static unsigned int slot4en __devinitdata;
+static unsigned int slot4en __initdata;
 
-char *__devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
+char *__init pcibios_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (strcmp(str, "slot4en") == 0) {
 		slot4en = 1;
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 43068dcb451cd030c8e310f98569f4936f40aefa..40db2d0aef3f36ab3873d985a7117383c64d0626 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ void __init pcibios_update_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int irq)
 	pci_write_config_byte(dev, PCI_INTERRUPT_LINE, irq);
 }
 
-char * __devinit __weak pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 static void __init
 pcibios_bus_report_status_early(struct pci_channel *hose,
 				int top_bus, int current_bus,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_pci.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_pci.c
index 19f56058742be945d1a29be0137a683523aa49cd..21dcda75a520b3d97ffd7c8ee82d6432df547bbf 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_pci.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_pci.c
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ void __devinit pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *pbus)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Other archs parse arguments here.
- */
-char * __devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 resource_size_t pcibios_align_resource(void *data, const struct resource *res,
 				resource_size_t size, resource_size_t align)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pci.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pci.c
index 4f92a9aba3586a827267962407e7fe66b0a2021d..52ee0c7b2521e8054a1def7e260dd634cc794a99 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pci.c
@@ -749,11 +749,6 @@ int pcibios_enable_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-char * __devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 /* Platform support for /proc/bus/pci/X/Y mmap()s. */
 
 /* If the user uses a host-bridge as the PCI device, he may use
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
index 46ba84998f165e455000ac52a1ea0a8a1c5274e1..521fdf1b20e592e06f9776c85e04b3a575019b0e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
@@ -767,14 +767,6 @@ static void watchdog_reset() {
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Other archs parse arguments here.
- */
-char * __devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 resource_size_t pcibios_align_resource(void *data, const struct resource *res,
 				resource_size_t size, resource_size_t align)
 {
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/pci.c b/arch/tile/kernel/pci.c
index 87422ed7b83477606ed48bdcd3ae50b5c853fdf5..0fdd99d0d8b78205cec1419cfdd3564ca6044cd7 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/pci.c
@@ -403,16 +403,6 @@ void pcibios_set_master(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	/* No special bus mastering setup handling. */
 }
 
-/*
- * This can be called from the generic PCI layer, but doesn't need to
- * do anything.
- */
-char __devinit *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	/* Nothing needs to be done. */
-	return str;
-}
-
 /*
  * This is called from the generic Linux layer.
  */
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/pci.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/pci.c
index 2fc2b1ba825e6f49701ac0659ea13f5e3c77c021..46cb6c9de6c94dc7e8cabe6f880cdd16023f27f6 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/pci.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int __init pci_common_init(void)
 }
 subsys_initcall(pci_common_init);
 
-char * __devinit pcibios_setup(char *str)
+char * __init pcibios_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(str, "debug")) {
 		debug_pci = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
index 0ad990a20d4ae94135edd4164e7a6af1b407ad23..720e973fc34a31b856998715165f7fc50ec9ec6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ int __init pcibios_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-char * __devinit  pcibios_setup(char *str)
+char * __init pcibios_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(str, "off")) {
 		pci_probe = 0;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
index 9c57c1e6870cb5b51d8f049b3dd6aee0878ecd24..69759e9cb3ea8b6efd9ddca47c3578c7a5d253a8 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
  * pcibios_fixups
  * pcibios_align_resource
  * pcibios_fixup_bus
- * pcibios_setup
  * pci_bus_add_device
  * pci_mmap_page_range
  */
@@ -206,11 +205,6 @@ void __init pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 	}
 }
 
-char __init *pcibios_setup(char *str)
-{
-	return str;
-}
-
 void pcibios_set_master(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	/* No special bus mastering setup handling */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 3f8b74f0714705e4ff0704f4a65dd57e1dc3b393..e091b0afdc8a66503b709b01a3d477d2f15d5d12 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -2792,6 +2792,18 @@ static void __pci_set_master(struct pci_dev *dev, bool enable)
 	dev->is_busmaster = enable;
 }
 
+/**
+ * pcibios_setup - process "pci=" kernel boot arguments
+ * @str: string used to pass in "pci=" kernel boot arguments
+ *
+ * Process kernel boot arguments.  This is the default implementation.
+ * Architecture specific implementations can override this as necessary.
+ */
+char * __weak __init pcibios_setup(char *str)
+{
+	return str;
+}
+
 /**
  * pcibios_set_master - enable PCI bus-mastering for device dev
  * @dev: the PCI device to enable
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 0769aa409085aed5707b3109803e6ee0ad9975c6..85cffb823b4ec310378ab048acb845446bfad8d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ extern int no_pci_devices(void);
 
 void pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *);
 int __must_check pcibios_enable_device(struct pci_dev *, int mask);
+/* Architecture specific versions may override this (weak) */
 char *pcibios_setup(char *str);
 
 /* Used only when drivers/pci/setup.c is used */