diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
index 343de73161fad..4a68c2b1ec11f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int davinci_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __init davinci_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int davinci_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	int result = 0;
 	struct davinci_cpufreq_config *pdata = cpufreq.dev->platform_data;