diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
index 13a2eada6c95..b8b9529fa89e 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void __cpuinit mce_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  */
 void __cpuinit mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
-	static cpumask_t mce_cpus __initdata = CPU_MASK_NONE;
+	static cpumask_t mce_cpus = CPU_MASK_NONE;
 
 	mce_cpu_quirks(c); 
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 3bfca093a870..eb730a80952c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ static int set_max_cstate(struct dmi_system_id *id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __initdata processor_power_dmi_table[] = {
+/* Actually this shouldn't be __cpuinitdata, would be better to fix the
+   callers to only run once -AK */
+static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdata processor_power_dmi_table[] = {
 	{ set_max_cstate, "IBM ThinkPad R40e", {
 	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,"IBM"),
 	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION,"1SET60WW")}, (void *)1},