diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index 943fd30095af4e..8183ca343675a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static int __init xive_init_ipis(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __init xive_request_ipi(unsigned int cpu)
+static int xive_request_ipi(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct xive_ipi_desc *xid = &xive_ipis[early_cpu_to_node(cpu)];
 	int ret;