diff --git a/drivers/base/topology.c b/drivers/base/topology.c
index 94ffee378f103d6cd2018497a5f1a93ebcde9baf..a738d1069d6bc0f353e19fbe79a2702f7848e3b7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/topology.c
@@ -161,16 +161,20 @@ static int topology_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 static int topology_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		rc = topology_add_dev(cpu);
 		if (rc)
-			return rc;
+			goto out;
 	}
-	hotcpu_notifier(topology_cpu_callback, 0);
+	__hotcpu_notifier(topology_cpu_callback, 0);
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+	return rc;
 }
 
 device_initcall(topology_sysfs_init);