diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
index 708b7e8c8b18ca27e00a6b9c59b11125808dfbdb..220f9200fa52f4bf01178d3b61dbc1926b3bca80 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int pmc551_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
  * mechanism
  * returns the size of the memory region found.
  */
-static int fixup_pmc551(struct pci_dev *dev)
+static int __init fixup_pmc551(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PMC551_BUGFIX
 	u32 dram_data;