diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
index 1e5a50c11d3c3546a59d286cbb84c402682cfb2b..217cd4449bc9db3aedfd6367529bc9ca99fb8443 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void mce_gen_pool_process(struct work_struct *__unused)
 	head = llist_reverse_order(head);
 	llist_for_each_entry_safe(node, tmp, head, llnode) {
 		mce = &node->mce;
-		atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, mce);
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, mce);
 		gen_pool_free(mce_evt_pool, (unsigned long)node, sizeof(*node));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
index 903043e6a62b36a2c395c7aab52da6f85e34fc11..19592ba1a320030a4cbdc59aa8194f14bcefae69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum severity_level {
 	MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY,
 };
 
-extern struct atomic_notifier_head x86_mce_decoder_chain;
+extern struct blocking_notifier_head x86_mce_decoder_chain;
 
 #define ATTR_LEN		16
 #define INITIAL_CHECK_INTERVAL	5 * 60 /* 5 minutes */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 5accfbdee3f06fac48eaf4423d66d7bee1e3a0a3..af44ebeb593fb60f70bb497de3e8f09b4b988333 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void (*quirk_no_way_out)(int bank, struct mce *m, struct pt_regs *regs);
  * CPU/chipset specific EDAC code can register a notifier call here to print
  * MCE errors in a human-readable form.
  */
-ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(x86_mce_decoder_chain);
+BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(x86_mce_decoder_chain);
 
 /* Do initial initialization of a struct mce */
 void mce_setup(struct mce *m)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void mce_register_decode_chain(struct notifier_block *nb)
 
 	WARN_ON(nb->priority > MCE_PRIO_LOWEST && nb->priority < MCE_PRIO_EDAC);
 
-	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, nb);
+	blocking_notifier_chain_register(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, nb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mce_register_decode_chain);
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void mce_unregister_decode_chain(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
 	atomic_dec(&num_notifiers);
 
-	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, nb);
+	blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, nb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mce_unregister_decode_chain);
 
@@ -321,18 +321,7 @@ static void __print_mce(struct mce *m)
 
 static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	__print_mce(m);
-
-	/*
-	 * Print out human-readable details about the MCE error,
-	 * (if the CPU has an implementation for that)
-	 */
-	ret = atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, m);
-	if (ret == NOTIFY_STOP)
-		return;
-
 	pr_emerg_ratelimited(HW_ERR "Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'\n");
 }