diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index dd34ea674496..db7ac77bea3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1442,6 +1442,9 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 
 	vdso_getcpu_init();
 #endif
+	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
+	set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
+
 	/* Update topology CPU masks */
 	add_cpu_to_masks(cpu);
 
@@ -1460,9 +1463,6 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 			shared_caches = true;
 	}
 
-	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
-	set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
-
 	smp_wmb();
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);