1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
index 6e7f50967bab..a9e9cbd32975 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+/* this is used for software suspend, and that shuts down
+ * CPUs even while the system is still booting... */
 #define cpu_should_die()        (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()) && \
-                                 system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING)
+                                   (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING     \
+                                 || system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING))
 #else
 #define cpu_should_die()        0
 #endif