diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 1f97c0328a7a..55b74d7e5260 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ extern unsigned long __initramfs_size;
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 
-void __weak free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+void __weak __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
 	unsigned long aligned_start = ALIGN_DOWN(start, PAGE_SIZE);