diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index ba5070ce576541cfb1736c6bd5e17c486e1f3a16..5b0951aa04963dc6834e8ed1e8a9d26e08659bac 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct cpu_stopper {
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stopper, cpu_stopper);
+static bool stop_machine_initialized = false;
 
 static void cpu_stop_init_done(struct cpu_stop_done *done, unsigned int nr_todo)
 {
@@ -386,6 +387,8 @@ static int __init cpu_stop_init(void)
 	cpu_stop_cpu_callback(&cpu_stop_cpu_notifier, CPU_ONLINE, bcpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_stop_cpu_notifier);
 
+	stop_machine_initialized = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(cpu_stop_init);
@@ -485,6 +488,25 @@ int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus)
 					    .num_threads = num_online_cpus(),
 					    .active_cpus = cpus };
 
+	if (!stop_machine_initialized) {
+		/*
+		 * Handle the case where stop_machine() is called
+		 * early in boot before stop_machine() has been
+		 * initialized.
+		 */
+		unsigned long flags;
+		int ret;
+
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(smdata.num_threads != 1);
+
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		hard_irq_disable();
+		ret = (*fn)(data);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* Set the initial state and stop all online cpus. */
 	set_state(&smdata, STOPMACHINE_PREPARE);
 	return stop_cpus(cpu_online_mask, stop_machine_cpu_stop, &smdata);