diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 99e6d850ecab..1ee18dbb4516 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6768,7 +6768,8 @@ static cpumask_t cpu_isolated_map = CPU_MASK_NONE;
 /* Setup the mask of cpus configured for isolated domains */
 static int __init isolated_cpu_setup(char *str)
 {
-	int ints[NR_CPUS], i;
+	static int __initdata ints[NR_CPUS];
+	int i;
 
 	str = get_options(str, ARRAY_SIZE(ints), ints);
 	cpus_clear(cpu_isolated_map);