diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index d7c82df69243..57221e349a7c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ void machine_crash_nonpanic_core(void *unused)
 	crash_save_cpu(&regs, smp_processor_id());
 	flush_cache_all();
 
+	set_cpu_online(smp_processor_id(), false);
 	atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi);
 	while (1)
 		cpu_relax();