diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/highbank-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/highbank-cpufreq.c
index ac57cddc5f2f..a45864701143 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/highbank-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/highbank-cpufreq.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct notifier_block hb_cpufreq_clk_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = hb_cpufreq_clk_notify,
 };
 
-static int hb_cpufreq_driver_init(void)
+static int __init hb_cpufreq_driver_init(void)
 {
 	struct platform_device_info devinfo = { .name = "cpufreq-dt", };
 	struct device *cpu_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sti-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sti-cpufreq.c
index a67df90848c2..1a63aeea8711 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sti-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sti-cpufreq.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int sti_cpufreq_fetch_syscon_registers(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sti_cpufreq_init(void)
+static int __init sti_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ti-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ti-cpufreq.c
index df85a77d476b..f64180dd2005 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ti-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ti-cpufreq.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ fail_put_node:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ti_cpufreq_init(void)
+static int __init ti_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *match;