diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index 3f7ea13..6216eba 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
 /* locate the size find a the descriptor at a certain address */
-unsigned long
+unsigned long __init
 vmcore_find_descriptor_size (unsigned long address)
 {
 	void *efi_map_start, *efi_map_end, *p;