diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index f212fa98283e83425ea9db7ee2ba5e3de55e173b..7464ba3b4333980268d4af8e71318a0b27a37e9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_unlock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
 extern void get_online_cpus(void);
 extern void put_online_cpus(void);
 #define hotcpu_notifier(fn, pri) {				\
-	static struct notifier_block fn##_nb =			\
+	static struct notifier_block fn##_nb __cpuinitdata =	\
 		{ .notifier_call = fn, .priority = pri };	\
 	register_cpu_notifier(&fn##_nb);			\
 }