diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index b66a5338231e965252fef5f23234141bb2fc8f85..b085311dcd0ea9f81840e1fc2550c4f870e984eb 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -123,11 +123,12 @@ void smp_callin(void)
 		rmb();
 
 	set_cpu_online(cpuid, true);
-	local_irq_enable();
 
 	/* idle thread is expected to have preempt disabled */
 	preempt_disable();
 
+	local_irq_enable();
+
 	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_ONLINE);
 }