virtio_console_init() to the function .init.text:virtio_cons_early_init() The function s390_virtio_console_init() references the function __init virtio_cons_early_init(). This is often because s390_virtio_console_init lacks a __init annotation or the annotation of virtio_cons_early_init is wrong. Cc: Christian Borntraeger Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky