diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5a639b173d54..35a26a3e5f68 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpufreq_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpufreq_cpu_notifier =
+static struct notifier_block __refdata cpufreq_cpu_notifier =
 {
     .notifier_call = cpufreq_cpu_callback,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 1b8312b02006..070421a5480e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpufreq_stat_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata =
+static struct notifier_block cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier __refdata =
 {
 	.notifier_call = cpufreq_stat_cpu_callback,
 };