diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 313136006d1c3f2db7634381dd5537c687aca409..7a7ce8ad455e1533498fc3c7a5d8a853abb4d9cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ static void cpu_ready_for_interrupts(void)
 
 	/* Set IR and DR in PACA MSR */
 	get_paca()->kernel_msr = MSR_KERNEL;
-
-	/* We are now ok to enable ftrace */
-	get_paca()->ftrace_enabled = 1;
 }
 
 unsigned long spr_default_dscr = 0;
@@ -349,6 +346,13 @@ void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 	 */
 	cpu_ready_for_interrupts();
 
+	/*
+	 * We enable ftrace here, but since we only support DYNAMIC_FTRACE, it
+	 * will only actually get enabled on the boot cpu much later once
+	 * ftrace itself has been initialized.
+	 */
+	this_cpu_enable_ftrace();
+
 	DBG(" <- early_setup()\n");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 9ca7148b5881a098abf7bf0a3eff99536f99a7ec..9e711cdbe3847ecda5c5b6c7d2087c2424119780 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <asm/kexec.h>
 #include <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_has_feature.h>
+#include <asm/ftrace.h>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #include <asm/udbg.h>
@@ -1066,6 +1067,9 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 
+	/* We can enable ftrace for secondary cpus now */
+	this_cpu_enable_ftrace();
+
 	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE);
 
 	BUG();