diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index fde55dcdea5a..31a630ae0870 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ static void cdns_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
 	writel(ch, port->membase + CDNS_UART_FIFO);
 }
 
-static void __init cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s,
+static void cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s,
 				    unsigned n)
 {
 	struct earlycon_device *dev = con->data;