diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/bert.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/bert.c
index 7514e38d5640e..5427e49e646b2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/bert.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/bert.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define ACPI_BERT_PRINT_MAX_RECORDS 5
 #define ACPI_BERT_PRINT_MAX_LEN 1024
 
-static int bert_disable;
+static int bert_disable __initdata;
 
 /*
  * Print "all" the error records in the BERT table, but avoid huge spam to