diff --git a/net/iucv/iucv.c b/net/iucv/iucv.c
index 918970762131..2d43175b0cdb 100644
--- a/net/iucv/iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/iucv.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int __cpuinit iucv_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata iucv_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block __refdata iucv_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = iucv_cpu_notify,
 };