diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 03e37af315d7..0453dcc757b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -839,8 +839,11 @@ static int __init topology_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		register_cpu(&per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu).cpu, cpu);
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		struct cpuinfo_arm *cpuinfo = &per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu);
+		cpuinfo->cpu.hotpluggable = 1;
+		register_cpu(&cpuinfo->cpu, cpu);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }