diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a3b50a9f7c5..21e7701e94ee 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ecf89e581acce83e8cd2a5530858be22c64441f7
+refs/heads/master: d6b2123802d2b7eee8c62cd0ebd73e8636cbb068
diff --git a/trunk/init/main.c b/trunk/init/main.c
index b28673087ac0..a490ffecb7b9 100644
--- a/trunk/init/main.c
+++ b/trunk/init/main.c
@@ -794,11 +794,11 @@ static void run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
 	kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
 }
 
-/* This is a non __init function. Force it to be noinline otherwise gcc
- * makes it inline to init() and it becomes part of init.text section
- */
-static noinline int init_post(void)
+static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
+
+static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 {
+	kernel_init_freeable();
 	/* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
 	async_synchronize_full();
 	free_initmem();
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static noinline int init_post(void)
 	      "See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.");
 }
 
-static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
+static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Wait until kthreadd is all set-up.
@@ -890,7 +890,4 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
 	 * we're essentially up and running. Get rid of the
 	 * initmem segments and start the user-mode stuff..
 	 */
-
-	init_post();
-	return 0;
 }