diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
index 5b18888ee364..5cc4d4dcf3cf 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
@@ -813,8 +813,8 @@ static struct metag_pmu _metag_pmu = {
 };
 
 /* PMU CPU hotplug notifier */
-static int __cpuinit metag_pmu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *b,
-		unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+static int metag_pmu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *b, unsigned long action,
+				void *hcpu)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = (unsigned int)hcpu;
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static int __cpuinit metag_pmu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *b,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata metag_pmu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block metag_pmu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = metag_pmu_cpu_notify,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c b/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
index e413875cf6d2..7c0113142981 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/smp.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_running);
 /*
  * "thread" is assumed to be a valid Meta hardware thread ID.
  */
-int __cpuinit boot_secondary(unsigned int thread, struct task_struct *idle)
+int boot_secondary(unsigned int thread, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	u32 val;
 
@@ -118,11 +118,9 @@ int __cpuinit boot_secondary(unsigned int thread, struct task_struct *idle)
  * If the cache partition has changed, prints a message to the log describing
  * those changes.
  */
-static __cpuinit void describe_cachepart_change(unsigned int thread,
-						const char *label,
-						unsigned int sz,
-						unsigned int old,
-						unsigned int new)
+static void describe_cachepart_change(unsigned int thread, const char *label,
+				      unsigned int sz, unsigned int old,
+				      unsigned int new)
 {
 	unsigned int lor1, land1, gor1, gand1;
 	unsigned int lor2, land2, gor2, gand2;
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ static __cpuinit void describe_cachepart_change(unsigned int thread,
  * Ensures that coherency is enabled and that the threads share the same cache
  * partitions.
  */
-static __cpuinit void setup_smp_cache(unsigned int thread)
+static void setup_smp_cache(unsigned int thread)
 {
 	unsigned int this_thread, lflags;
 	unsigned int dcsz, dcpart_this, dcpart_old, dcpart_new;
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ static __cpuinit void setup_smp_cache(unsigned int thread)
 				  icpart_old, icpart_new);
 }
 
-int __cpuinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
+int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	unsigned int thread = cpu_2_hwthread_id[cpu];
 	int ret;
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_killed);
 /*
  * __cpu_disable runs on the processor to be shutdown.
  */
-int __cpuexit __cpu_disable(void)
+int __cpu_disable(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
@@ -299,7 +297,7 @@ int __cpuexit __cpu_disable(void)
  * called on the thread which is asking for a CPU to be shutdown -
  * waits until shutdown has completed, or it is timed out.
  */
-void __cpuexit __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
+void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&cpu_killed, msecs_to_jiffies(1)))
 		pr_err("CPU%u: unable to kill\n", cpu);
@@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ void __cpuexit __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
  * Note that we do not return from this function. If this cpu is
  * brought online again it will need to run secondary_startup().
  */
-void __cpuexit cpu_die(void)
+void cpu_die(void)
 {
 	local_irq_disable();
 	idle_task_exit();
@@ -326,7 +324,7 @@ void __cpuexit cpu_die(void)
  * Called by both boot and secondaries to move global data into
  * per-processor storage.
  */
-void __cpuinit smp_store_cpu_info(unsigned int cpuid)
+void smp_store_cpu_info(unsigned int cpuid)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_metag *cpu_info = &per_cpu(cpu_data, cpuid);
 
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
index c00ade0228ef..25f9d1c2ffec 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static void set_trigger_mask(unsigned int mask)
 }
 #endif
 
-void __cpuinit per_cpu_trap_init(unsigned long cpu)
+void per_cpu_trap_init(unsigned long cpu)
 {
 	TBIRES int_context;
 	unsigned int thread = cpu_2_hwthread_id[cpu];