diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 5c848fd4e461c67bded9c27b81405889a80cd656..b946209d9c1571bfc0c443101546e92a67b4e587 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5272,9 +5272,11 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata migration_notifier = {
 int __init migration_init(void)
 {
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
+	int err;
 
 	/* Start one for the boot CPU: */
-	migration_call(&migration_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+	err = migration_call(&migration_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
 	migration_call(&migration_notifier, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&migration_notifier);
 
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 3789ca98197c2a793b25dc6ac403e26202312133..bf25015dce162a541059c051567c3569069985b9 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -612,7 +612,9 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpu_nfb = {
 __init int spawn_ksoftirqd(void)
 {
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
-	cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+	int err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+
+	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
 	cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index 03e6a2b0b787a97f426887f6ecdf709951acaced..50afeb813305d76435e8c6852a80b5b9dc5c8cd9 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpu_nfb = {
 __init void spawn_softlockup_task(void)
 {
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
+	int err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
 
-	cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
 	cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
 
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index d644f4e9ca0c97731589b3d6db57a3fb6a1420d7..a2cb1ecb1b28f0293067e7a2a431efdbeb2f6d61 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1694,8 +1694,10 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata timers_nb = {
 
 void __init init_timers(void)
 {
-	timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
+	int err = timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
 				(void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
+
+	BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&timers_nb);
 	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
 }