1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index fbeefb68a31f..aa1a3d5a3e2b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
         VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI, VIRTIO_BLK_F_IDENTIFY
 };
 
-static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
+/*
+ * virtio_blk causes spurious section mismatch warning by
+ * simultaneously referring to a __devinit and a __devexit function.
+ * Use __refdata to avoid this warning.
+ */
+static struct virtio_driver __refdata virtio_blk = {
         .feature_table = features,
         .feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features),
         .driver.name =  KBUILD_MODNAME,