diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index b1fa5510388d12ff95afa6f38a090956551a5907..f4871e52c54600bb16d129d009e3d0828ad111fc 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ rcu_torture_shutdown(void *arg)
  * Execute random CPU-hotplug operations at the interval specified
  * by the onoff_interval.
  */
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
 {
 	int cpu;
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 rcu_torture_onoff_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ static void rcu_torture_onoff_cleanup(void)
  * CPU-stall kthread.  It waits as specified by stall_cpu_holdoff, then
  * induces a CPU stall for the time specified by stall_cpu.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
+static int rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
 {
 	unsigned long stop_at;
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index e08abb9461acc13dda0a7c4901d228554c12443e..068de3a93606980268351ccaf6b19fc45573b4ea 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
  * can accept some slop in the rsp->completed access due to the fact
  * that this CPU cannot possibly have any RCU callbacks in flight yet.
  */
-static void __cpuinit
+static void
 rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
 	mutex_unlock(&rsp->onoff_mutex);
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
 
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
 /*
  * Handle CPU online/offline notification events.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 				    unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
 	long cpu = (long)hcpu;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index 4a39d364493cf66bf64c161d46c2bc3fd089978f..b3832581043ceeff9c294669db5d26b58ba6a559 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
 static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(int cpu);
 static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(int cpu);
 static void rcu_idle_count_callbacks_posted(void);
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 63098a59216e5957c27b5f20d57ca58591e46426..769e12e3151b6ec9f7a557532ce5f3ae2984aaef 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
  * already exist.  We only create this kthread for preemptible RCU.
  * Returns zero if all is well, a negated errno otherwise.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 	int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ static int __init rcu_scheduler_really_started(void)
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_scheduler_really_started);
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
 }