diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 307453086c3f8..4fad16adbe7b2 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static int init_inodecache(void)
+static int __init init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	affs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("affs_inode_cache",
 					     sizeof(struct affs_inode_info),