diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index ea6adbf6a221..b24d860bbab9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,9 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 
 	vdso_getcpu_init();
 #endif
+	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
+	set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
+
 	/* Update topology CPU masks */
 	add_cpu_to_masks(cpu);
 
@@ -1266,9 +1269,6 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 	if (!cpumask_equal(cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu), sibling_mask(cpu)))
 		shared_caches = true;
 
-	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
-	set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
-
 	smp_wmb();
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);