diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
index b1719f4..ca4f953 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 }
 
 /* SuperIO detection - will change isa_address if a chip is found */
-static int it87_find(int *address)
+static int __init it87_find(int *address)
 {
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c b/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c
index 1f1b3ca..c66ae4f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
  * Device detection, registration and update
  */
 
-static int pc87360_find(int sioaddr, u8 *devid, unsigned short *addresses)
+static int __init pc87360_find(int sioaddr, u8 *devid, unsigned short *addresses)
 {
 	u16 val;
 	int i;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
index 9da5d54..dab22bd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, get_alarms, NULL);
 
-static int smsc47m1_find(unsigned short *addr)
+static int __init smsc47m1_find(unsigned short *addr)
 {
 	u8 val;
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
index f1ae0e00..0466cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
 } while (0)
 
 
-static int w83627hf_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *addr)
+static int __init w83627hf_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *addr)
 {
 	u16 val;