diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index 5576f7646fb6..60f7e45d3aa8 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -469,8 +469,7 @@ setup_memory(void *kernel_end)
 extern void setup_memory(void *);
 #endif /* !CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM */
 
-int __init
-page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
+int page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	struct memclust_struct * cluster;
 	struct memdesc_struct * memdesc;