diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index dec66e4528100c72ee384f7c5aa9400339eb26ab..a63432d800f913960f055232d02aa668e892b83e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuid_class_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return err ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
+static struct notifier_block __refdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
 {
 	.notifier_call = cpuid_class_cpu_callback,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
index 6ff447f9fda702398aaaaef9aa8f93143c56a12d..f2702d01b8a8773a8d7658d47fd7e6c1997fdc7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata mc_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block __refdata mc_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = mc_cpu_callback,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 21f6e3c0be185c657d307042168fef4509073798..bd82850e6519b8a51d2c2a68512a7b492d864229 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __cpuinit msr_class_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return err ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata msr_class_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block __refdata msr_class_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = msr_class_cpu_callback,
 };