diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index 26130afd8029..66e266fb5908 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static const struct file_operations dn_dev_seq_fops = {
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
-static int __initdata addr[2];
+static int addr[2];
 module_param_array(addr, int, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(addr, "The DECnet address of this machine: area,node");