diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index d6b388fbffa6..07c8658ffca5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ static void run_init_process(char *init_filename)
  * makes it inline to init() and it becomes part of init.text section
  */
 static noinline int init_post(void)
+	__releases(kernel_lock)
 {
 	/* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
 	async_synchronize_full();