diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 5feee4f616d5..00a32799a38b 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ extern unsigned long __initramfs_size;
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 
-void __weak free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+void __weak __init free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 	free_reserved_area((void *)start, (void *)end, POISON_FREE_INITMEM,
 			"initrd");