diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 234e339196c0..63ae04bdda1b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static void __init feat_v6_fixup(void)
  *
  * cpu_init sets up the per-CPU stacks.
  */
-void cpu_init(void)
+void notrace cpu_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct stack *stk = &stacks[cpu];