diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
index c4fb211dcd25bef135c78ea0683e71d9259a8c20..eefc29f08cdbe4ba0ea3f4b12d8f1234d59c0527 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern void arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
  * APIs provided by arch SMP code to rest of arch code
  */
 extern void __init smp_init_cpus(void);
-extern void __init first_lines_of_secondary(void);
+extern void first_lines_of_secondary(void);
 extern const char *arc_platform_smp_cpuinfo(void);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
index 0f944f0245134baa37b33b32550a1fc0c528932b..2c878e964a64a0d50d90b72ad633a31f06597f29 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stext:
 ;----------------------------------------------------------------
 ;     First lines of code run by secondary before jumping to 'C'
 ;----------------------------------------------------------------
-	.section .init.text, "ax",@progbits
+	.section .text, "ax",@progbits
 	.type first_lines_of_secondary, @function
 	.globl first_lines_of_secondary