diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index fb7f946cb65e..7bd00a565672 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void __cpuinit free_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
 	per_cpu(cpuid4_info, cpu) = NULL;
 }
 
-static void get_cpu_leaves(void *_retval)
+static void __cpuinit get_cpu_leaves(void *_retval)
 {
 	int j, *retval = _retval, cpu = smp_processor_id();