diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index b4aacb9f52e3..b520dae02bf4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -597,11 +597,11 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	memcpy(&boot_cpu_data, &new_cpu_data, sizeof(new_cpu_data));
 	visws_early_detect();
 	pre_setup_arch_hook();
-	early_cpu_init();
 #else
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Command line: %s\n", boot_command_line);
 #endif
 
+	early_cpu_init();
 	early_ioremap_init();
 
 	ROOT_DEV = old_decode_dev(boot_params.hdr.root_dev);
@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	bss_resource.start = virt_to_phys(&__bss_start);
 	bss_resource.end = virt_to_phys(&__bss_stop)-1;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	early_cpu_init();
-#endif
 	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = command_line;