diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index 22866fa..1021f50 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned long nr_kernel_pages;
+extern unsigned long __meminitdata nr_kernel_pages;
 extern unsigned long nr_all_pages;
 
 extern void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,