diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c b/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
index 3294a50b760cd2ee76802733dd30a4fa1db1d58c..4334f5b3e5a89f722d384190ebe2bb4868ede5ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c
@@ -515,5 +515,12 @@ int mp_init(struct mp_params *p)
 
 int mp_init_cpu(struct udevice *cpu, void *unused)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Multiple APs are brought up simultaneously and they may get the same
+	 * seq num in the uclass_resolve_seq() during device_probe(). To avoid
+	 * this, set req_seq to the reg number in the device tree in advance.
+	 */
+	cpu->req_seq = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, cpu->of_offset, "reg", -1);
+
 	return device_probe(cpu);
 }