diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index c82290b9c1fc..5d54d4b8df01 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -690,8 +690,7 @@ static void prep_new_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page, int nid)
 	put_page(page); /* free it into the hugepage allocator */
 }
 
-static void __init prep_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page,
-					       unsigned long order)
+static void prep_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 {
 	int i;
 	int nr_pages = 1 << order;