diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index d8232b7a08f7..f6ae1a57d652 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd)
 	free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, PGDIR_ORDER);
 }
 
-pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+__init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	extern int mem_init_done;