diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c b/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
index 33d9f93..8a210fa 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mach-generic/bigsmp.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 };
 
 
-static __init int probe_bigsmp(void)
+static int probe_bigsmp(void)
 { 
 	if (def_to_bigsmp)
         	dmi_bigsmp = 1;