diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index fc4da2d97f9b..c634868c2921 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ struct ring_buffer *__ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
 	 * In that off case, we need to allocate for all possible cpus.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
 	cpumask_copy(buffer->cpumask, cpu_online_mask);
 #else
 	cpumask_copy(buffer->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
@@ -1324,10 +1324,10 @@ struct ring_buffer *__ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	buffer->cpu_notify.notifier_call = rb_cpu_notify;
 	buffer->cpu_notify.priority = 0;
-	register_cpu_notifier(&buffer->cpu_notify);
+	__register_cpu_notifier(&buffer->cpu_notify);
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
 #endif
 
-	put_online_cpus();
 	mutex_init(&buffer->mutex);
 
 	return buffer;
@@ -1341,7 +1341,9 @@ struct ring_buffer *__ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
 
  fail_free_cpumask:
 	free_cpumask_var(buffer->cpumask);
-	put_online_cpus();
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+#endif
 
  fail_free_buffer:
 	kfree(buffer);
@@ -1358,16 +1360,17 @@ ring_buffer_free(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	unregister_cpu_notifier(&buffer->cpu_notify);
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
+	__unregister_cpu_notifier(&buffer->cpu_notify);
 #endif
 
 	for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu)
 		rb_free_cpu_buffer(buffer->buffers[cpu]);
 
-	put_online_cpus();
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+#endif
 
 	kfree(buffer->buffers);
 	free_cpumask_var(buffer->cpumask);