diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
index 396004e8cd14..4547a2092af9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static int __cpuinit palinfo_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block palinfo_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata =
+static struct notifier_block __refdata palinfo_cpu_notifier =
 {
 	.notifier_call = palinfo_cpu_callback,
 	.priority = 0,