diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
index 1bbe45dca7a0ec626a3b2963d9031e579811d195..2cfc7b09b925cd8147e7f54aa809ce3f58a592f6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 unsigned int tsc_khz;
 
-int tsc_disable __cpuinitdata = 0;
+int tsc_disable;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_TSC
 static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)