1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index d2f50b62fcb6..96a39b5c9254 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox ConnectX HCA InfiniBand driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 
-static const char mlx4_ib_version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char mlx4_ib_version[] =
         DRV_NAME ": Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand driver v"
         DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n";
 
@@ -517,9 +517,16 @@ static struct class_device_attribute *mlx4_class_attributes[] = {
 
 static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 {
+        static int mlx4_ib_version_printed;
         struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev;
         int i;
 
+
+        if (!mlx4_ib_version_printed) {
+                printk(KERN_INFO "%s", mlx4_ib_version);
+                ++mlx4_ib_version_printed;
+        }
+
         ibdev = (struct mlx4_ib_dev *) ib_alloc_device(sizeof *ibdev);
         if (!ibdev) {
                 dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "Device struct alloc failed\n");