diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
index 13609e01f4b7..05db95d010ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static void __init xen_percpu_init(void *unused)
 	per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) = vcpup;
 
 	enable_percpu_irq(xen_events_irq, 0);
+	put_cpu();
 }
 
 static void xen_restart(char str, const char *cmd)