diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 0641113e2965..a952e9c85b6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -1225,21 +1225,24 @@ static struct notifier_block cacheinfo_cpu_notifier = {
 
 static int __init cache_sysfs_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, err = 0;
 
 	if (num_cache_leaves == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
-		int err;
 		struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(i);
 
 		err = cache_add_dev(dev);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out;
 	}
-	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cacheinfo_cpu_notifier);
-	return 0;
+	__register_hotcpu_notifier(&cacheinfo_cpu_notifier);
+
+out:
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+	return err;
 }
 
 device_initcall(cache_sysfs_init);