diff --git a/fs/efs/super.c b/fs/efs/super.c
index 50215bbd6463..f8def1acf08c 100644
--- a/fs/efs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efs/super.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static int init_inodecache(void)
+static int __init init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	efs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("efs_inode_cache",
 				sizeof(struct efs_inode_info),