diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index bea215230b20cdf4fc41ac5fd4e060dcbaec4ec1..b58e9633814923aa5e13cd2f491086830528db6a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1672,6 +1672,9 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 	   possible map and a non-dummy shared_info. */
 	per_cpu(xen_vcpu, 0) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[0];
 
+	local_irq_disable();
+	early_boot_irqs_off();
+
 	xen_raw_console_write("mapping kernel into physical memory\n");
 	pgd = xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd, xen_start_info->nr_pages);