diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx3.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx3.c
index 31807d2a8b7b..8a31e6f5d66a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx3.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx3.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void __iomem *imx3_ioremap(unsigned long phys_addr, size_t size,
 	return __arm_ioremap(phys_addr, size, mtype);
 }
 
-void imx3_init_l2x0(void)
+void __init imx3_init_l2x0(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *l2x0_base;
 	void __iomem *clkctl_base;