diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index addb20a6d67d..0eab12bd0ac9 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1878,8 +1878,8 @@ static void init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n)
  * Note that this function only works on the kmalloc_node_cache
  * when allocating for the kmalloc_node_cache.
  */
-static struct kmem_cache_node * __init early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
-								int node)
+static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
+							   int node)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;