diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index e49ee24da85e17b247b8decc355dd15393e8f1ad..75e8bad537984de5b2c226c5b34f7e5984bf128d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static void acpi_map_cpu2node(acpi_handle handle, int cpu, int physid)
 #endif
 }
 
-static int _acpi_map_lsapic(acpi_handle handle, int physid, int *pcpu)
+int acpi_map_cpu(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t physid, int *pcpu)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -726,12 +726,6 @@ static int _acpi_map_lsapic(acpi_handle handle, int physid, int *pcpu)
 	*pcpu = cpu;
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/* wrapper to silence section mismatch warning */
-int __ref acpi_map_cpu(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t physid, int *pcpu)
-{
-	return _acpi_map_lsapic(handle, physid, pcpu);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_map_cpu);
 
 int acpi_unmap_cpu(int cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index ab3219b3fbda3794eeeded5c9002dd85d3a5eb29..e709bc276feb79183185a0b8eb53addb2260a755 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ update_clusterinfo(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 	return notifier_from_errno(err);
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __refdata x2apic_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block x2apic_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = update_clusterinfo,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 6236a54a63f449ce2ea824be13a3bcca2f57e4b9..532026d48096cfe6fa730dc199477d52df5fe01c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __refdata mc_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block mc_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= mc_cpu_callback,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
index 8187b7247d1c3e97b9a7321a1d0e12ccda1e0962..37ea89c115202da99862b6a1325672d29fdcbc9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int collect_cpu_info_early(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
 }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-static void __ref show_saved_mc(void)
+static void show_saved_mc(void)
 {
 	int i, j;
 	unsigned int sig, pf, rev, total_size, data_size, date;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 83741a71558fb0a311fb1bb079e125f24435344a..bd3507da39f01678257e3d8a65a3009ad1d1f6f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int cpuid_class_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return notifier_from_errno(err);
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __refdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
+static struct notifier_block cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
 {
 	.notifier_call = cpuid_class_cpu_callback,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index b1f3ed9c7a9efcb1df4ef0da09a731600cbeb679..1d06cf8c0093649c8351c7780701c969c88b34bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ static void remove_siblinginfo(int cpu)
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpu_sibling_setup_mask);
 }
 
-static void __ref remove_cpu_from_maps(int cpu)
+static void remove_cpu_from_maps(int cpu)
 {
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, false);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpu_callout_mask);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
index 649b010da00ba5a0c191a4144f2458c08f0500ab..12cbe2b88c0f3cb14754e6bce2d058b5d0bb63a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ __setup("cpu0_hotplug", enable_cpu0_hotplug);
  *
  * This is only called for debugging CPU offline/online feature.
  */
-int __ref _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action)
+int _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action)
 {
 	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
 	int ret;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int __init debug_hotplug_cpu(void)
 late_initcall_sync(debug_hotplug_cpu);
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_HOTPLUG_CPU0 */
 
-int __ref arch_register_cpu(int num)
+int arch_register_cpu(int num)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(num);