diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
index 2162172c0ddc..3465f25d7702 100644
--- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ int xen_unmap_domain_mfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_unmap_domain_mfn_range);
 
-static void __init xen_percpu_init(void *unused)
+static void xen_percpu_init(void)
 {
 	struct vcpu_register_vcpu_info info;
 	struct vcpu_info *vcpup;
@@ -193,6 +194,31 @@ static void xen_power_off(void)
 		BUG();
 }
 
+static int xen_cpu_notification(struct notifier_block *self,
+				unsigned long action,
+				void *hcpu)
+{
+	switch (action) {
+	case CPU_STARTING:
+		xen_percpu_init();
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block xen_cpu_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = xen_cpu_notification,
+};
+
+static irqreturn_t xen_arm_callback(int irq, void *arg)
+{
+	xen_hvm_evtchn_do_upcall();
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
 /*
  * see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/xen.txt for the
  * documentation of the Xen Device Tree format.
@@ -229,6 +255,10 @@ static int __init xen_guest_init(void)
 	xen_events_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, 0);
 	pr_info("Xen %s support found, events_irq=%d gnttab_frame_pfn=%lx\n",
 			version, xen_events_irq, (grant_frames >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+
+	if (xen_events_irq < 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	xen_domain_type = XEN_HVM_DOMAIN;
 
 	xen_setup_features();
@@ -281,9 +311,21 @@ static int __init xen_guest_init(void)
 	disable_cpuidle();
 	disable_cpufreq();
 
+	xen_init_IRQ();
+
+	if (request_percpu_irq(xen_events_irq, xen_arm_callback,
+			       "events", &xen_vcpu)) {
+		pr_err("Error request IRQ %d\n", xen_events_irq);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	xen_percpu_init();
+
+	register_cpu_notifier(&xen_cpu_notifier);
+
 	return 0;
 }
-core_initcall(xen_guest_init);
+early_initcall(xen_guest_init);
 
 static int __init xen_pm_init(void)
 {
@@ -297,31 +339,6 @@ static int __init xen_pm_init(void)
 }
 late_initcall(xen_pm_init);
 
-static irqreturn_t xen_arm_callback(int irq, void *arg)
-{
-	xen_hvm_evtchn_do_upcall();
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
-static int __init xen_init_events(void)
-{
-	if (!xen_domain() || xen_events_irq < 0)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	xen_init_IRQ();
-
-	if (request_percpu_irq(xen_events_irq, xen_arm_callback,
-			"events", &xen_vcpu)) {
-		pr_err("Error requesting IRQ %d\n", xen_events_irq);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	on_each_cpu(xen_percpu_init, NULL, 0);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-postcore_initcall(xen_init_events);
-
 /* In the hypervisor.S file. */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(HYPERVISOR_grant_table_op);