diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 389da790c129..4f7b225d78cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ generic_secondary_common_init:
 	/* From now on, r24 is expected to be logical cpuid */
 	mr	r24,r5
 
+	/* Create a temp kernel stack for use before relocation is on.	*/
+	ld	r1,PACAEMERGSP(r13)
+	subi	r1,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+
 	/* See if we need to call a cpu state restore handler */
 	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r23, cur_cpu_spec)
 	ld	r23,0(r23)
@@ -451,10 +455,6 @@ generic_secondary_common_init:
 	sync				/* order paca.run and cur_cpu_spec */
 	isync				/* In case code patching happened */
 
-	/* Create a temp kernel stack for use before relocation is on.	*/
-	ld	r1,PACAEMERGSP(r13)
-	subi	r1,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
-
 	b	__secondary_start
 #endif /* SMP */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 508244bcf19c..7787a26d4777 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -929,8 +929,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	/* On BookE, setup per-core TLB data structures. */
 	setup_tlb_core_data();
-
-	smp_release_cpus();
 #endif
 
 	/* Print various info about the machine that has been gathered so far. */
@@ -964,6 +962,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	exc_lvl_early_init();
 	emergency_stack_init();
 
+	smp_release_cpus();
+
 	initmem_init();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE