diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-sb1.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-sb1.c
index 9ea460b16bda..6f9bd7fbd481 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-sb1.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-sb1.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static __init void probe_cache_sizes(void)
  * memory management function pointers, as well as initialize
  * the caches and tlbs
  */
-void sb1_cache_init(void)
+void __init sb1_cache_init(void)
 {
 	extern char except_vec2_sb1;