diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 825e1126008f374e5d9d2650a5bb29fe2106424d..07b4f1b1a73a9b6a309a3e7fe249c813007b5d17 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static __init int spawn_ksoftirqd(void)
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
 	int err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
 
-	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
+	BUG_ON(err != NOTIFY_OK);
 	cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 2454172a80d3c6131313007d08f91f12eb85c107..ee305c8d4e18eb038a54f0f9aea8eb2f353b1f44 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
 
 	init_timer_stats();
 
-	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
+	BUG_ON(err != NOTIFY_OK);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&timers_nb);
 	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
 }