diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index a71bdfdb51e7..31824ef3eb96 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1681,9 +1681,9 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
 
 	err = timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
 			       (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
-	init_timer_stats();
-
 	BUG_ON(err != NOTIFY_OK);
+
+	init_timer_stats();
 	register_cpu_notifier(&timers_nb);
 	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
 }