diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 37fd31ed16e7..94608d4958fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static int init_inodecache(void)
+static int __init init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	ext3_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ext3_inode_cache",
 					     sizeof(struct ext3_inode_info),