diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 2b521e07b860..7fef02a9eb85 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ asmlinkage void start_secondary(void)
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cpu_coherent_mask);
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
 
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cpu_callin_map);
+	synchronise_count_slave(cpu);
+
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);
 
 	set_cpu_sibling_map(cpu);
@@ -181,10 +184,6 @@ asmlinkage void start_secondary(void)
 
 	calculate_cpu_foreign_map();
 
-	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cpu_callin_map);
-
-	synchronise_count_slave(cpu);
-
 	/*
 	 * irq will be enabled in ->smp_finish(), enabling it too early
 	 * is dangerous.