diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index b0e4001efb50..94fbbdb888cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static inline int kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlb(struct kvm *kvm)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 }
 
-void kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void);
+void __init kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void);
 int kvm_mmu_vendor_module_init(void);
 void kvm_mmu_vendor_module_exit(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 6096d0f1a62a..13bf3198d0ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5886,7 +5886,7 @@ static int set_nx_huge_pages(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
  * nx_huge_pages needs to be resolved to true/false when kvm.ko is loaded, as
  * its default value of -1 is technically undefined behavior for a boolean.
  */
-void kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void)
+void __init kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void)
 {
 	if (nx_huge_pages == -1)
 		__set_nx_huge_pages(get_nx_auto_mode());