diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index 2d5cc4ccff7f..db4c8b08a50c 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int __blocking_notifier_call_chain(struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
 	 * racy then it does not matter what the result of the test
 	 * is, we re-check the list after having taken the lock anyway:
 	 */
-	if (rcu_dereference_raw(nh->head)) {
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(nh->head)) {
 		down_read(&nh->rwsem);
 		ret = notifier_call_chain(&nh->head, val, v, nr_to_call,
 					nr_calls);