diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
index 6b3c3ea8bc61..16aa5d37117c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void mipsmt_prepare_cpus(void)
  * (unsigned long)idle->thread_info the gp
  *
  */
-void smtc_boot_secondary(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
+void __cpuinit smtc_boot_secondary(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	extern u32 kernelsp[NR_CPUS];
 	long flags;