diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_int.h b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
index b7143cf783ac..381c993b1427 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_int.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern int coda_hard;
 extern int coda_fake_statfs;
 
 void coda_destroy_inodecache(void);
-int coda_init_inodecache(void);
+int __init coda_init_inodecache(void);
 int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync);
 void coda_sysctl_init(void);
 void coda_sysctl_clean(void);
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 62618ec9356c..626abc02b694 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-int coda_init_inodecache(void)
+int __init coda_init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	coda_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("coda_inode_cache",
 				sizeof(struct coda_inode_info),