diff --git a/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
index c023b72..35ebb63 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 	free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, PGDIR_ORDER);
 }
 
-pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+__init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	extern int mem_init_done;