diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index 05b708bbdb0d..4715f25dfe03 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static u32 cipso_v4_map_cache_hash(const unsigned char *key, u32 key_len)
  * success, negative values on error.
  *
  */
-static int cipso_v4_cache_init(void)
+static int __init cipso_v4_cache_init(void)
 {
 	u32 iter;