diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xmon.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xmon.h
index 68bfb2361f03..f2d44b44f46c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xmon.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xmon.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XMON
 extern void xmon_setup(void);
-extern void xmon_register_spus(struct list_head *list);
+void __init xmon_register_spus(struct list_head *list);
 struct pt_regs;
 extern int xmon(struct pt_regs *excp);
 extern irqreturn_t xmon_irq(int, void *);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index f9ae0b398260..f51d7404a6ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -4136,7 +4136,7 @@ struct spu_info {
 
 static struct spu_info spu_info[XMON_NUM_SPUS];
 
-void xmon_register_spus(struct list_head *list)
+void __init xmon_register_spus(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct spu *spu;