diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index b8c6791f046f..3aad63394abc 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static int init_inodecache(void)
+static int __init init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	ufs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ufs_inode_cache",
 					     sizeof(struct ufs_inode_info),