diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 07162dfbff842b643af987686faa302567707af8..a1a836c8131c926c17ac7deac8a7debe9f28545a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -37,8 +37,24 @@ enum {
 
 typedef int (*nmi_handler_t)(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 
-int register_nmi_handler(unsigned int, nmi_handler_t, unsigned long,
-			 const char *);
+struct nmiaction {
+	struct list_head	list;
+	nmi_handler_t		handler;
+	unsigned int		flags;
+	const char		*name;
+};
+
+#define register_nmi_handler(t, fn, fg, n)		\
+({							\
+	static struct nmiaction fn##_na = {		\
+		.handler = (fn),			\
+		.name = (n),				\
+		.flags = (fg),				\
+	};						\
+	__register_nmi_handler((t), &fn##_na);	\
+})
+
+int __register_nmi_handler(unsigned int, struct nmiaction *);
 
 void unregister_nmi_handler(unsigned int, const char *);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index ac9c1b76df96acf6a02d84dd60f0356a1e30e248..585be4bd71a549b46865ab2281fbeb6473dd7eb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 
-#define NMI_MAX_NAMELEN	16
-struct nmiaction {
-	struct list_head list;
-	nmi_handler_t handler;
-	unsigned int flags;
-	char *name;
-};
-
 struct nmi_desc {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct list_head head;
@@ -115,11 +107,14 @@ static int notrace __kprobes nmi_handle(unsigned int type, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	return handled;
 }
 
-static int __setup_nmi(unsigned int type, struct nmiaction *action)
+int __register_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, struct nmiaction *action)
 {
 	struct nmi_desc *desc = nmi_to_desc(type);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!action->handler)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
 
 	/*
@@ -143,8 +138,9 @@ static int __setup_nmi(unsigned int type, struct nmiaction *action)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_nmi_handler);
 
-static struct nmiaction *__free_nmi(unsigned int type, const char *name)
+void unregister_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, const char *name)
 {
 	struct nmi_desc *desc = nmi_to_desc(type);
 	struct nmiaction *n;
@@ -167,56 +163,7 @@ static struct nmiaction *__free_nmi(unsigned int type, const char *name)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 	synchronize_rcu();
-	return (n);
 }
-
-int register_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, nmi_handler_t handler,
-			unsigned long nmiflags, const char *devname)
-{
-	struct nmiaction *action;
-	int retval = -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (!handler)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nmiaction), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!action)
-		goto fail_action;
-
-	action->handler = handler;
-	action->flags = nmiflags;
-	action->name = kstrndup(devname, NMI_MAX_NAMELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!action->name)
-		goto fail_action_name;
-
-	retval = __setup_nmi(type, action);
-
-	if (retval)
-		goto fail_setup_nmi;
-
-	return retval;
-
-fail_setup_nmi:
-	kfree(action->name);
-fail_action_name:
-	kfree(action);
-fail_action:	
-
-	return retval;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_nmi_handler);
-
-void unregister_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, const char *name)
-{
-	struct nmiaction *a;
-
-	a = __free_nmi(type, name);
-	if (a) {
-		kfree(a->name);
-		kfree(a);
-	}
-}
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_nmi_handler);
 
 static notrace __kprobes void