diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pSeries_reconfig.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pSeries_reconfig.h
index 89d2f99c1bf4..23cd6cc30bcf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pSeries_reconfig.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pSeries_reconfig.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 extern int pSeries_reconfig_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *);
 extern void pSeries_reconfig_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *);
-extern struct blocking_notifier_head pSeries_reconfig_chain;
+extern int pSeries_reconfig_notify(unsigned long action, void *p);
 /* Not the best place to put this, will be fixed when we move some
  * of the rtas suspend-me stuff to pseries */
 extern void pSeries_coalesce_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 57ceb92b2288..e9be25bc571b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -262,12 +262,11 @@ int dlpar_attach_node(struct device_node *dn)
 	if (!dn->parent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rc = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
-					  PSERIES_RECONFIG_ADD, dn);
-	if (rc == NOTIFY_BAD) {
+	rc = pSeries_reconfig_notify(PSERIES_RECONFIG_ADD, dn);
+	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to add device node %s\n",
 		       dn->full_name);
-		return -ENOMEM; /* For now, safe to assume kmalloc failure */
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	of_attach_node(dn);
@@ -297,8 +296,7 @@ int dlpar_detach_node(struct device_node *dn)
 		remove_proc_entry(dn->pde->name, parent->pde);
 #endif
 
-	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
-			    PSERIES_RECONFIG_REMOVE, dn);
+	pSeries_reconfig_notify(PSERIES_RECONFIG_REMOVE, dn);
 	of_detach_node(dn);
 	of_node_put(dn); /* Must decrement the refcount */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
index 1de2cbb92303..286b6af3d55d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct device_node *derive_parent(const char *path)
 	return parent;
 }
 
-BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(pSeries_reconfig_chain);
+static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(pSeries_reconfig_chain);
 
 int pSeries_reconfig_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ void pSeries_reconfig_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *nb)
 	blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&pSeries_reconfig_chain, nb);
 }
 
+int pSeries_reconfig_notify(unsigned long action, void *p)
+{
+	int err = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
+						action, p);
+
+	if (err == NOTIFY_BAD)
+		return -ENOMEM; /* For now, safe to assume kmalloc failure */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int pSeries_reconfig_add_node(const char *path, struct property *proplist)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
@@ -132,11 +142,9 @@ static int pSeries_reconfig_add_node(const char *path, struct property *proplist
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	err = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
-				  PSERIES_RECONFIG_ADD, np);
-	if (err == NOTIFY_BAD) {
+	err = pSeries_reconfig_notify(PSERIES_RECONFIG_ADD, np);
+	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to add device node %s\n", path);
-		err = -ENOMEM; /* For now, safe to assume kmalloc failure */
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
@@ -173,8 +181,7 @@ static int pSeries_reconfig_remove_node(struct device_node *np)
 
 	remove_node_proc_entries(np);
 
-	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
-			    PSERIES_RECONFIG_REMOVE, np);
+	pSeries_reconfig_notify(PSERIES_RECONFIG_REMOVE, np);
 	of_detach_node(np);
 
 	of_node_put(parent);
@@ -472,11 +479,10 @@ static int do_update_property(char *buf, size_t bufsize)
 		else
 			action = PSERIES_DRCONF_MEM_REMOVE;
 
-		rc = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pSeries_reconfig_chain,
-						  action, value);
-		if (rc == NOTIFY_BAD) {
-			rc = prom_update_property(np, oldprop, newprop);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		rc = pSeries_reconfig_notify(action, value);
+		if (rc) {
+			prom_update_property(np, oldprop, newprop);
+			return rc;
 		}
 	}