diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c b/drivers/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
index 76f1c9357f39..9559829fb234 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ static void nmi_timer_shutdown(void)
 	struct perf_event *event;
 	int cpu;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
-	unregister_cpu_notifier(&nmi_timer_cpu_nb);
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
+	__unregister_cpu_notifier(&nmi_timer_cpu_nb);
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		event = per_cpu(nmi_timer_events, cpu);
 		if (!event)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void nmi_timer_shutdown(void)
 		perf_event_release_kernel(event);
 	}
 
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
 }
 
 static int nmi_timer_setup(void)
@@ -132,20 +132,23 @@ static int nmi_timer_setup(void)
 	do_div(period, HZ);
 	nmi_timer_attr.sample_period = period;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
-	err = register_cpu_notifier(&nmi_timer_cpu_nb);
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
+	err = __register_cpu_notifier(&nmi_timer_cpu_nb);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+
 	/* can't attach events to offline cpus: */
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		err = nmi_timer_start_cpu(cpu);
-		if (err)
-			break;
+		if (err) {
+			cpu_notifier_register_done();
+			nmi_timer_shutdown();
+			return err;
+		}
 	}
-	if (err)
-		nmi_timer_shutdown();
+
 out:
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
 	return err;
 }