diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
index 54d35c130907..f549a80cedb3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
+++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ appldata_offline_cpu(int cpu)
 	spin_unlock(&appldata_timer_lock);
 }
 
-static int
+static int __cpuinit
 appldata_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 		    unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {