diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
index 9b44a9e2d05a..0672463df20c 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c
@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ void __cpuinit start_secondary(void)
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s cpu %d\n", __func__, current_thread_info()->cpu);
 
+	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
+
+	ipi_call_lock();
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);
+	ipi_call_unlock();
+
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	cpu_idle();