diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 469bbf505f85..3557e8c9e8de 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ void register_page_bootmem_info_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE */
 
-static void grow_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
-			   unsigned long end_pfn)
+static void __meminit grow_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
+				     unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long old_zone_end_pfn;
 
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ out_fail:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static void grow_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn,
-			    unsigned long end_pfn)
+static void __meminit grow_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn,
+				      unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long old_pgdat_end_pfn = pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat);