diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
index f0e30dc949888a578ecfd6939c65b1eecc210604..7b60fcf04dc476f2b1ae39606dfccfaae388923a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -344,11 +345,19 @@ void post_mobility_fixup(void)
 	if (rc)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Post-mobility activate-fw failed: %d\n", rc);
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't want CPUs to go online/offline while the device
+	 * tree is being updated.
+	 */
+	cpus_read_lock();
+
 	rc = pseries_devicetree_update(MIGRATION_SCOPE);
 	if (rc)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Post-mobility device tree update "
 			"failed: %d\n", rc);
 
+	cpus_read_unlock();
+
 	/* Possibly switch to a new RFI flush type */
 	pseries_setup_rfi_flush();