diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index c6b2a477d33e2c3a33f41bb53c7dcb0a211ee77a..3b2eff4e83a63151f4de731109fd40ffe145bc3e 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -3555,7 +3555,7 @@ static void blk_done_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 	}
 }
 
-static int blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action,
+static int __cpuinit blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action,
 			  void *hcpu)
 {
 	/*
@@ -3576,7 +3576,7 @@ static int blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action,
 }
 
 
-static struct notifier_block __devinitdata blk_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block blk_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata = {
 	.notifier_call	= blk_cpu_notify,
 };