diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
index 198b08456e90..26c12c6440fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
  * init_cpu_topology is called at boot when only one cpu is running
  * which prevent simultaneous write access to cpu_topology array
  */
-void init_cpu_topology(void)
+void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;