diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index f112af7aa62e..3d747070fe67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -710,31 +710,29 @@ static void hpet_work(struct work_struct *w)
 	complete(&hpet_work->complete);
 }
 
-static int hpet_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
-		unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+static int hpet_cpuhp_online(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	unsigned long cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
 	struct hpet_work_struct work;
+
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_ONSTACK(&work.work, hpet_work);
+	init_completion(&work.complete);
+	/* FIXME: add schedule_work_on() */
+	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &work.work, 0);
+	wait_for_completion(&work.complete);
+	destroy_delayed_work_on_stack(&work.work);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int hpet_cpuhp_dead(unsigned int cpu)
+{
 	struct hpet_dev *hdev = per_cpu(cpu_hpet_dev, cpu);
 
-	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
-	case CPU_ONLINE:
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK_ONSTACK(&work.work, hpet_work);
-		init_completion(&work.complete);
-		/* FIXME: add schedule_work_on() */
-		schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &work.work, 0);
-		wait_for_completion(&work.complete);
-		destroy_delayed_work_on_stack(&work.work);
-		break;
-	case CPU_DEAD:
-		if (hdev) {
-			free_irq(hdev->irq, hdev);
-			hdev->flags &= ~HPET_DEV_USED;
-			per_cpu(cpu_hpet_dev, cpu) = NULL;
-		}
-		break;
-	}
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
+	if (!hdev)
+		return 0;
+	free_irq(hdev->irq, hdev);
+	hdev->flags &= ~HPET_DEV_USED;
+	per_cpu(cpu_hpet_dev, cpu) = NULL;
+	return 0;
 }
 #else
 
@@ -750,11 +748,8 @@ static void hpet_reserve_msi_timers(struct hpet_data *hd)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int hpet_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
-		unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
-{
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
+#define hpet_cpuhp_online	NULL
+#define hpet_cpuhp_dead		NULL
 
 #endif
 
@@ -931,7 +926,7 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
  */
 static __init int hpet_late_init(void)
 {
-	int cpu;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (boot_hpet_disable)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -961,16 +956,20 @@ static __init int hpet_late_init(void)
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT))
 		return 0;
 
-	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
-		hpet_cpuhp_notify(NULL, CPU_ONLINE, (void *)(long)cpu);
-	}
-
 	/* This notifier should be called after workqueue is ready */
-	__hotcpu_notifier(hpet_cpuhp_notify, -20);
-	cpu_notifier_register_done();
-
+	ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_X86_HPET_ONLINE, "AP_X86_HPET_ONLINE",
+				hpet_cpuhp_online, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_X86_HPET_DEAD, "X86_HPET_DEAD", NULL,
+				hpet_cpuhp_dead);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_cpuhp;
 	return 0;
+
+err_cpuhp:
+	cpuhp_remove_state(CPUHP_AP_X86_HPET_ONLINE);
+	return ret;
 }
 fs_initcall(hpet_late_init);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index 60557a9e783d..7449081ff412 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_PERF_BFIN,
 	CPUHP_PERF_POWER,
 	CPUHP_PERF_SUPERH,
+	CPUHP_X86_HPET_DEAD,
 	CPUHP_WORKQUEUE_PREP,
 	CPUHP_NOTIFY_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_BRINGUP_CPU,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_AP_NOTIFY_ONLINE,
 	CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
 	CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN_END		= CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN + 30,
+	CPUHP_AP_X86_HPET_ONLINE,
 	CPUHP_AP_ACTIVE,
 	CPUHP_ONLINE,
 };