diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index c46e479c992b..67edfa7ed93a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ extern ATTRIB_NORET void cpu_idle(void);
  * First C code run on the secondary CPUs after being started up by
  * the master.
  */
-asmlinkage void start_secondary(void)
+asmlinkage __cpuinit void start_secondary(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;