diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index cd01ee7ecef1..b93245c11995 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int __devinit stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
  * the necessary resources and invokes the main to init
  * the net device, register the mdio bus etc.
  */
-static int stmmac_pltfr_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int __devinit stmmac_pltfr_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct resource *res;