diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index ed46c2b6354c4efa3eaf8aec8f7ae35b4c3cdd10..24325780f831bcbf1432ce47375096d1077cf3a9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ void __cpuinit per_cpu_trap_init(void)
 }
 
 /* Install CPU exception handler */
-void __init set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long size)
+void __cpuinit set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	memcpy((void *)(ebase + offset), addr, size);
 	local_flush_icache_range(ebase + offset, ebase + offset + size);