diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 1d2091a226bc..2ef701381e2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ static inline void default_wait_for_init_deassert(atomic_t *deassert)
 {
 	while (!atomic_read(deassert))
 		cpu_relax();
-	return;
 }
 
 extern void generic_bigsmp_probe(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
index c55224731b2d..d03d57e0a806 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
@@ -394,12 +394,6 @@ static void es7000_enable_apic_mode(void)
 		WARN(1, "Command failed, status = %x\n", mip_status);
 }
 
-static void es7000_wait_for_init_deassert(atomic_t *deassert)
-{
-	while (!atomic_read(deassert))
-		cpu_relax();
-}
-
 static unsigned int es7000_get_apic_id(unsigned long x)
 {
 	return (x >> 24) & 0xFF;
@@ -722,7 +716,7 @@ static struct apic __refdata apic_es7000 = {
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= 0x467,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= 0x469,
 
-	.wait_for_init_deassert		= es7000_wait_for_init_deassert,
+	.wait_for_init_deassert		= default_wait_for_init_deassert,
 
 	/* Nothing to do for most platforms, since cleared by the INIT cycle: */
 	.smp_callin_clear_local_apic	= NULL,