diff --git a/block/blk-iopoll.c b/block/blk-iopoll.c
index 58916afbbda5..4b8d9b541112 100644
--- a/block/blk-iopoll.c
+++ b/block/blk-iopoll.c
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ void blk_iopoll_init(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int weight, blk_iopoll_fn *poll_fn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_init);
 
-static int __cpuinit blk_iopoll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-					  unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+static int blk_iopoll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+				 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If a CPU goes away, splice its entries to the current CPU
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int __cpuinit blk_iopoll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= blk_iopoll_cpu_notify,
 };
 
diff --git a/block/blk-softirq.c b/block/blk-softirq.c
index 467c8de88642..ec9e60636f43 100644
--- a/block/blk-softirq.c
+++ b/block/blk-softirq.c
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static int raise_blk_irq(int cpu, struct request *rq)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int __cpuinit blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				    unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+static int blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action,
+			  void *hcpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If a CPU goes away, splice its entries to the current CPU
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static int __cpuinit blk_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata blk_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block blk_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= blk_cpu_notify,
 };