diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index c8458c531b255f3dbb97b94b5023ead71b6f5193..13595a64f013a2c1b31f2ce0d7cf86be2b1c3ae9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ int __devinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	if (smp_ops->take_timebase)
 		smp_ops->take_timebase();
 
+	if (system_state > SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+		per_cpu(last_jiffy, cpu) = get_tb();
+
 	spin_lock(&call_lock);
 	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
 	spin_unlock(&call_lock);