diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index b06f5f55ada952ced85de9c845dfb49cac421633..52c81c49cc7d8396fa5b36a4d24b757f934ced46 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 		goto err;
 
 	pr->dev = dev;
-	dev->offline = pr->flags.need_hotplug_init;
 
 	/* Trigger the processor driver's .probe() if present. */
 	if (device_attach(dev) >= 0)