diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
index f1363b7..227a72d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
 #define K8_MCE_THRESHOLD_BANK_5    (MCE_THRESHOLD_BASE + 5 * 9)
 #define K8_MCE_THRESHOLD_DRAM_ECC  (MCE_THRESHOLD_BANK_4 + 0)
 
+extern struct atomic_notifier_head x86_mce_decoder_chain;
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
@@ -213,6 +215,5 @@
 void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 void mce_log_therm_throt_event(__u64 status);
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_MCE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index b1598a9..15ba9c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -85,18 +85,26 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mce, mces_seen);
 static int			cpu_missing;
 
-static void default_decode_mce(struct mce *m)
+/*
+ * CPU/chipset specific EDAC code can register a notifier call here to print
+ * MCE errors in a human-readable form.
+ */
+ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(x86_mce_decoder_chain);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_mce_decoder_chain);
+
+static int default_decode_mce(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
+			       void *data)
 {
 	pr_emerg("No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type.\n");
 	pr_emerg("Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode.\n");
+
+	return NOTIFY_STOP;
 }
 
-/*
- * CPU/chipset specific EDAC code can register a callback here to print
- * MCE errors in a human-readable form:
- */
-void (*x86_mce_decode_callback)(struct mce *m) = default_decode_mce;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_mce_decode_callback);
+static struct notifier_block mce_dec_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = default_decode_mce,
+	.priority      = -1,
+};
 
 /* MCA banks polled by the period polling timer for corrected events */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(mce_banks_t, mce_poll_banks) = {
@@ -204,9 +212,9 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Print out human-readable details about the MCE error,
-	 * (if the CPU has an implementation for that):
+	 * (if the CPU has an implementation for that)
 	 */
-	x86_mce_decode_callback(m);
+	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, m);
 }
 
 static void print_mce_head(void)
@@ -1420,6 +1428,9 @@
 	mce_cpu_features(c);
 	mce_init_timer();
 	INIT_WORK(&__get_cpu_var(mce_work), mce_process_work);
+
+	if (raw_smp_processor_id() == 0)
+		atomic_notifier_chain_register(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, &mce_dec_nb);
 }
 
 /*