diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
index 49e0daf2ef5e1a..f37003df1e016f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ static inline void mmc_davinci_cpufreq_deregister(struct mmc_davinci_host *host)
 {
 }
 #endif
-static void __init init_mmcsd_host(struct mmc_davinci_host *host)
+static void init_mmcsd_host(struct mmc_davinci_host *host)
 {
 
 	mmc_davinci_reset_ctrl(host, 1);