diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 85f0403..4fa0f79 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
-void __init populate_rootfs(void)
+static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 {
 	char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start,
 			 __initramfs_end - __initramfs_start, 0);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
 			unpack_to_rootfs((char *)initrd_start,
 				initrd_end - initrd_start, 0);
 			free_initrd();
-			return;
+			return 0;
 		}
 		printk("it isn't (%s); looks like an initrd\n", err);
 		fd = sys_open("/initrd.image", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0700);
@@ -565,4 +565,6 @@
 #endif
 	}
 #endif
+	return 0;
 }
+rootfs_initcall(populate_rootfs);