diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
index b6ec65e68009..02d5e5e8d44c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
@@ -310,24 +310,17 @@ static void twd_timer_setup(void)
 	enable_percpu_irq(clk->irq, 0);
 }
 
-static int twd_timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+static int twd_timer_starting_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
-	case CPU_STARTING:
-		twd_timer_setup();
-		break;
-	case CPU_DYING:
-		twd_timer_stop();
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
+	twd_timer_setup();
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block twd_timer_cpu_nb = {
-	.notifier_call = twd_timer_cpu_notify,
-};
+static int twd_timer_dying_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	twd_timer_stop();
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static int __init twd_local_timer_common_register(struct device_node *np)
 {
@@ -345,9 +338,9 @@ static int __init twd_local_timer_common_register(struct device_node *np)
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	err = register_cpu_notifier(&twd_timer_cpu_nb);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_irq;
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ARM_TWD_STARTING,
+				  "AP_ARM_TWD_STARTING",
+				  twd_timer_starting_cpu, twd_timer_dying_cpu);
 
 	twd_get_clock(np);
 	if (!of_property_read_bool(np, "always-on"))
@@ -365,8 +358,6 @@ static int __init twd_local_timer_common_register(struct device_node *np)
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_irq:
-	free_percpu_irq(twd_ppi, twd_evt);
 out_free:
 	iounmap(twd_base);
 	twd_base = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index 2057e64e4876..ad48881ba02d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_AP_ARM_L2X0_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_DUMMY_TIMER_STARTING,
+	CPUHP_AP_ARM_TWD_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_METAG_TIMER_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_QCOM_TIMER_STARTING,
 	CPUHP_AP_MIPS_GIC_TIMER_STARTING,