#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
-static struct page *populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
+static struct page * __meminit populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
                unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
        return __populate_section_memmap(pfn, nr_pages, nid, altmap);
        vmemmap_free(start, end, NULL);
 }
 #else
-struct page *populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
+struct page * __meminit populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
                unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
        struct page *page, *ret;