diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 704a9dec2b9a..67fa192d4289 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int __meminit sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 	return 0;
 }
 #else /* !SPARSEMEM_EXTREME */
-int sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
+int __meminit sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static inline int sparse_early_nid(struct mem_section *section)
 }
 
 /* Validate the physical addressing limitations of the model */
-static void __meminit mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(unsigned long *start_pfn,
+static void __init mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(unsigned long *start_pfn,
 						unsigned long *end_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long max_sparsemem_pfn = (DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END + 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ void __weak __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
 {
 }
 
-static void *sparse_usagebuf __meminitdata;
-static void *sparse_usagebuf_end __meminitdata;
+static void *sparse_usagebuf __initdata;
+static void *sparse_usagebuf_end __initdata;
 
 /*
  * Helper function that is used for generic section initialization, and