diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index ee007b5c874f14533570b5158b39f6fd29c7a33b..868f59a48580dfb768086474c13888ce6f23dab3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4873,6 +4873,10 @@
 			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
 			LPAR.
 
+	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
+			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
+			until after init has spawned.
+
 	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
 
 	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c
index e377b5b17de8820702c4875024887e0dac1d403d..8683375dc0c7488ef59da4d3413cb64f060c8088 100644
--- a/kernel/torture.c
+++ b/kernel/torture.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>");
 
+static bool disable_onoff_at_boot;
+module_param(disable_onoff_at_boot, bool, 0444);
+
 static char *torture_type;
 static int verbose;
 
@@ -229,6 +232,10 @@ torture_onoff(void *arg)
 		VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_onoff end holdoff");
 	}
 	while (!torture_must_stop()) {
+		if (disable_onoff_at_boot && !rcu_inkernel_boot_has_ended()) {
+			schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
+			continue;
+		}
 		cpu = (torture_random(&rand) >> 4) % (maxcpu + 1);
 		if (!torture_offline(cpu,
 				     &n_offline_attempts, &n_offline_successes,