diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 84c1309c4c0c..7c6f7d548c0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cacheinfo_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = cacheinfo_cpu_callback,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit cache_sysfs_init(void)
+static int __init cache_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c b/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
index c80b9fb95734..8dabbed409ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 
 static u64 patterns[] __initdata = {
+	/* The first entry has to be 0 to leave memtest with zeroed memory */
 	0,
 	0xffffffffffffffffULL,
 	0x5555555555555555ULL,
@@ -110,15 +111,8 @@ void __init early_memtest(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 		return;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "early_memtest: # of tests: %d\n", memtest_pattern);
-	for (i = 0; i < memtest_pattern; i++) {
+	for (i = memtest_pattern-1; i < UINT_MAX; --i) {
 		idx = i % ARRAY_SIZE(patterns);
 		do_one_pass(patterns[idx], start, end);
 	}
-
-	if (idx > 0) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "early_memtest: wipe out "
-		       "test pattern from memory\n");
-		/* additional test with pattern 0 will do this */
-		do_one_pass(0, start, end);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index 13a6b29e2e5d..282375f13c7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_tlbflush = {
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit create_tlb_flushall_shift(void)
+static int __init create_tlb_flushall_shift(void)
 {
 	debugfs_create_file("tlb_flushall_shift", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
 			    arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_tlbflush);
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi-bgrt.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi-bgrt.c
index d9c1b95af17c..7145ec63c520 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi-bgrt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi-bgrt.c
@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/efi-bgrt.h>
 
 struct acpi_table_bgrt *bgrt_tab;
-void *bgrt_image;
-size_t bgrt_image_size;
+void *__initdata bgrt_image;
+size_t __initdata bgrt_image_size;
 
 struct bmp_header {
 	u16 id;
 	u32 size;
 } __packed;
 
-void efi_bgrt_init(void)
+void __init efi_bgrt_init(void)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	void __iomem *image;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/sfi/sfi.c b/arch/x86/platform/sfi/sfi.c
index 7785b72ecc3a..bcd1a703e3e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/sfi/sfi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/sfi/sfi.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 static unsigned long sfi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
 
 /* All CPUs enumerated by SFI must be present and enabled */
-static void __cpuinit mp_sfi_register_lapic(u8 id)
+static void __init mp_sfi_register_lapic(u8 id)
 {
 	if (MAX_LOCAL_APIC - id <= 0) {
 		pr_warning("Processor #%d invalid (max %d)\n",