diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ae96dd844432..8b000d6803c2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_pageset(void)
 
 #endif
 
-static __meminit noinline
+static noinline __init_refok
 int zone_wait_table_init(struct zone *zone, unsigned long zone_size_pages)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ static void __meminit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 	}
 }
 
-static void __meminit alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
+static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 {
 	/* Skip empty nodes */
 	if (!pgdat->node_spanned_pages)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 6f3fff907bc2..1302f8348d51 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_to_nid);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
-static struct mem_section noinline *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
+static struct mem_section noinline __init_refok *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
 {
 	struct mem_section *section = NULL;
 	unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 40fb7b6a00b1..8424d1f53bbe 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -641,12 +641,6 @@ static int strrcmp(const char *s, const char *sub)
  *  tosec   = .init.text
  *  fromsec  = .paravirtprobe
  *
- * Pattern 9:
- *  Some of functions are common code between boot time and hotplug
- *  time. The bootmem allocater is called only boot time in its
- *  functions. So it's ok to reference.
- *  tosec    = .init.text
- *
  * Pattern 10:
  *  ia64 has machvec table for each platform and
  *  powerpc has a machine desc table for each platform.
@@ -678,12 +672,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec,
 		NULL
 	};
 
-	const char *pat4sym[] = {
-		"sparse_index_alloc",
-		"zone_wait_table_init",
-		NULL
-	};
-
 	/* Check for pattern 0 */
 	if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".text.init.refok") == 0) ||
 	    (strcmp(fromsec, ".data.init.refok") == 0))
@@ -741,13 +729,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec,
 	    (strcmp(fromsec, ".paravirtprobe") == 0))
 		return 1;
 
-	/* Check for pattern 9 */
-	if ((strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0) &&
-	    (strcmp(fromsec, ".text") == 0))
-		for (s = pat4sym; *s; s++)
-			if (strcmp(atsym, *s) == 0)
-				return 1;
-
 	/* Check for pattern 10 */
 	if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".machvec") == 0) ||
 	    (strcmp(fromsec, ".machine.desc") == 0))