diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
index c283a9a70d83..63e64ef39fb7 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct acpi_device_id excluded_id_list[] __initdata = {
 	{"", 0},
 };
 
-static inline int is_exclusive_device(struct acpi_device *dev)
+static inline int __init is_exclusive_device(struct acpi_device *dev)
 {
 	return (!acpi_match_device_ids(dev, excluded_id_list));
 }