diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 0e3793b821ef..dc580c42851c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ struct nmiaction {
 	__register_nmi_handler((t), &fn##_na);	\
 })
 
+/*
+ * For special handlers that register/unregister in the
+ * init section only.  This should be considered rare.
+ */
+#define register_nmi_handler_initonly(t, fn, fg, n)		\
+({							\
+	static struct nmiaction fn##_na __initdata = {		\
+		.handler = (fn),			\
+		.name = (n),				\
+		.flags = (fg),				\
+	};						\
+	__register_nmi_handler((t), &fn##_na);	\
+})
+
 int __register_nmi_handler(unsigned int, struct nmiaction *);
 
 void unregister_nmi_handler(unsigned int, const char *);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
index e31bf8d5c4d2..149b8d9c6ad4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int __init nmi_unk_cb(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
 static void __init init_nmi_testsuite(void)
 {
 	/* trap all the unknown NMIs we may generate */
-	register_nmi_handler(NMI_UNKNOWN, nmi_unk_cb, 0, "nmi_selftest_unk");
+	register_nmi_handler_initonly(NMI_UNKNOWN, nmi_unk_cb, 0, "nmi_selftest_unk");
 }
 
 static void __init cleanup_nmi_testsuite(void)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void __init test_nmi_ipi(struct cpumask *mask)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 
-	if (register_nmi_handler(NMI_LOCAL, test_nmi_ipi_callback,
+	if (register_nmi_handler_initonly(NMI_LOCAL, test_nmi_ipi_callback,
 				 NMI_FLAG_FIRST, "nmi_selftest")) {
 		nmi_fail = FAILURE;
 		return;