diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
index 4fbf3c54275c33c832470155afa29c52074887c2..0800d23e2fdd693b092bb2226e677fa8ddbc1aa1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static int debug_monitors_init(void)
 	/* Clear the OS lock. */
 	on_each_cpu(clear_os_lock, NULL, 1);
 	isb();
-	local_dbg_enable();
 
 	/* Register hotplug handler. */
 	__register_cpu_notifier(&os_lock_nb);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index 62ff3c0622e2e6d83395de24fe93dcd0071f0c62..c0a772560ab713b6ddca74b727131d65cf4139ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ asmlinkage void secondary_start_kernel(void)
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);
 	complete(&cpu_running);
 
-	local_dbg_enable();
 	local_irq_enable();
 	local_async_enable();
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index c4317879b938716b8c940702b3d987d1184bbcaa..5bb61de2320172c806ee58959e3f721b2b243a99 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_setup)
 	msr	cpacr_el1, x0			// Enable FP/ASIMD
 	mov	x0, #1 << 12			// Reset mdscr_el1 and disable
 	msr	mdscr_el1, x0			// access to the DCC from EL0
+	isb					// Unmask debug exceptions now,
+	enable_dbg				// since this is per-cpu
 	reset_pmuserenr_el0 x0			// Disable PMU access from EL0
 	/*
 	 * Memory region attributes for LPAE: