diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index dff921f7ca33..7692a360972d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
-#include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
@@ -638,10 +637,6 @@ static int __meminit kcore_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block kcore_callback_nb __meminitdata = {
-	.notifier_call = kcore_callback,
-	.priority = 0,
-};
 
 static struct kcore_list kcore_vmalloc;
 
@@ -694,7 +689,7 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
 	add_modules_range();
 	/* Store direct-map area from physical memory map */
 	kcore_update_ram();
-	register_hotmemory_notifier(&kcore_callback_nb);
+	hotplug_memory_notifier(kcore_callback, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }