diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-startup.c b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-startup.c
index a9b0a9c32d8f..09725428d3e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-startup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-startup.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 /* Include code shared with pre-decompression boot stage */
 #include "sev-shared.c"
 
-void __init
+void
 early_set_pages_state(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long paddr,
 		      unsigned long npages, const struct psc_desc *desc)
 {