diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index d1df4a0879245d8dee8a91311fdf4ba7e4951a4a..0338289f9b5cf9b60fc519260eae598b745e7b4b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);
  * Returns zero if the driver registered and bound to a device, else returns
  * a negative error code and with the driver not registered.
  */
-int platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
+int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
 		int (*probe)(struct platform_device *))
 {
 	int retval, code;