diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index 92a5f738e370..985b8a83184e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id processor_device_ids[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static struct acpi_scan_handler __refdata processor_handler = {
+static struct acpi_scan_handler processor_handler = {
 	.ids = processor_device_ids,
 	.attach = acpi_processor_add,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index d9f71581b79b..cc820d840c61 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int acpi_cpu_soft_notify(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __refdata acpi_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block acpi_cpu_notifier = {
 	    .notifier_call = acpi_cpu_soft_notify,
 };