diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e03b39f..3047bf0 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-__attribute__((weak))
+__attribute__((weak)) __init
 void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
 {
 	return NULL;