diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c
index f679c57644d5f..1e34f29e58bb7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int __devinit apc_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct of_device_id __initdata apc_match[] = {
+static struct of_device_id apc_match[] = {
 	{
 		.name = APC_OBPNAME,
 	},
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pmc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pmc.c
index 93d7b4465f8d2..6a585d393580d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pmc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pmc.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int __devinit pmc_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct of_device_id __initdata pmc_match[] = {
+static struct of_device_id pmc_match[] = {
 	{
 		.name = PMC_OBPNAME,
 	},
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_32.c
index 4e236391b6359..96046a4024c23 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_32.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __devinit clock_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct of_device_id __initdata clock_match[] = {
+static struct of_device_id clock_match[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "eeprom",
 	},