diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c b/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
index 8a210fa915b5fd300e1a9ef0771bbdcb354ecadd..e932d3485ae2526a91c4122e49b3ae59e6aeaf9d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata bigsmp_dmi_table[] = {
 };
 
 
-static int probe_bigsmp(void)
+static int __init probe_bigsmp(void)
 { 
 	if (def_to_bigsmp)
         	dmi_bigsmp = 1;