diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
index 9da5d54..dab22bd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, get_alarms, NULL);
 
-static int smsc47m1_find(unsigned short *addr)
+static int __init smsc47m1_find(unsigned short *addr)
 {
 	u8 val;