1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 3bdb152f412f..ac2e4a5f59ee 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ static char *ramdisk_execute_command;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 /* Setup configured maximum number of CPUs to activate */
-unsigned int __initdata setup_max_cpus = NR_CPUS;
+unsigned int setup_max_cpus = NR_CPUS;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(setup_max_cpus);
+
 
 /*
  * Setup routine for controlling SMP activation