diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 942bb750a65036c00ec7972d1d7c00f80a629b0d..48becaba1c94c913cabb83c8c80d232b3189e7e7 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@ static int __init init_workqueues(void)
 		     WORK_CPU_LAST);
 
 	cpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_up_callback, CPU_PRI_WORKQUEUE_UP);
-	cpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_down_callback, CPU_PRI_WORKQUEUE_DOWN);
+	hotcpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_down_callback, CPU_PRI_WORKQUEUE_DOWN);
 
 	/* initialize gcwqs */
 	for_each_gcwq_cpu(cpu) {