diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index 3ddbac767db3..009e0dbc12d2 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,8 @@ static void cdns_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
 	writel(ch, port->membase + CDNS_UART_FIFO_OFFSET);
 }
 
-static void cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+static void __init cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s,
+				    unsigned n)
 {
 	struct earlycon_device *dev = con->data;