1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f12225f26b70..091e089063be 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5851,11 +5851,14 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
         /*
          * There's no userspace yet to cause hotplug operations; hence all the
          * CPU masks are stable and all blatant races in the below code cannot
-         * happen.
+         * happen. The hotplug lock is nevertheless taken to satisfy lockdep,
+         * but there won't be any contention on it.
          */
+        cpus_read_lock();
         mutex_lock(&sched_domains_mutex);
         sched_init_domains(cpu_active_mask);
         mutex_unlock(&sched_domains_mutex);
+        cpus_read_unlock();
 
         /* Move init over to a non-isolated CPU */
         if (set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_DOMAIN)) < 0)