1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index ecced1eb03ae..cc8fb474d520 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -1198,7 +1198,6 @@ _GLOBAL(generic_secondary_smp_init)
 3:      HMT_LOW
         lbz     r23,PACAPROCSTART(r13)  /* Test if this processor should */
                                         /* start.                        */
-        sync
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
         b       3b                      /* Never go on non-SMP           */
@@ -1206,6 +1205,8 @@ _GLOBAL(generic_secondary_smp_init)
         cmpwi   0,r23,0
         beq     3b                      /* Loop until told to go         */
 
+        sync                            /* order paca.run and cur_cpu_spec */
+
         /* See if we need to call a cpu state restore handler */
         LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r23, cur_cpu_spec)
         ld      r23,0(r23)