diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index aea74f5bc34a..ebd8ad274d76 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ void smp_send_stop(void)
 
 	cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &mask);
-	smp_cross_call(&mask, IPI_CPU_STOP);
+	if (!cpumask_empty(&mask))
+		smp_cross_call(&mask, IPI_CPU_STOP);
 
 	/* Wait up to one second for other CPUs to stop */
 	timeout = USEC_PER_SEC;