diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c
index e11857fce05f7f4851e3827e01744f9ef4d7c0a1..06786fdaadeb1b84930518e7a64cd7f82df33d87 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/cpuidle.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_ops.h>
 
-int __init arm_cpuidle_init(unsigned int cpu)
+int arm_cpuidle_init(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;