diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
index 049dda60e4750296e7b890e752e6420d0d1fb769..39a2baa6ad58aec28a3c1d0782753569bbb51f6e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		HMT_medium();
 		ppc64_runlatch_on();
 		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick();
+		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 		if (cpu_should_die())
 			cpu_die();
-		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 		schedule();
 		preempt_disable();
 	}