diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
index 42cafeaac336b..600ae3babd157 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static void hmat_register_target_device(struct memory_target *target,
 	memregion_free(id);
 }
 
-static __init void hmat_register_target_devices(struct memory_target *target)
+static void hmat_register_target_devices(struct memory_target *target)
 {
 	struct resource *res;