diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index cf6acab78538..f6bc0bc8a2aa 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock);
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		ret = __smpboot_create_thread(plug_thread, cpu);
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
 	list_add(&plug_thread->list, &hotplug_threads);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&smpboot_threads_lock);
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smpboot_register_percpu_thread);
@@ -317,12 +317,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smpboot_register_percpu_thread);
  */
 void smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
 {
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock);
 	list_del(&plug_thread->list);
 	smpboot_destroy_threads(plug_thread);
 	mutex_unlock(&smpboot_threads_lock);
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread);