diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 6b55012d02a3..d1a214287fe3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1200,21 +1200,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	kasan_init();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	/* sync back kernel address range */
-	clone_pgd_range(initial_page_table + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
-			swapper_pg_dir     + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
-			KERNEL_PGD_PTRS);
-
-	/*
-	 * sync back low identity map too.  It is used for example
-	 * in the 32-bit EFI stub.
-	 */
-	clone_pgd_range(initial_page_table,
-			swapper_pg_dir     + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
-			min(KERNEL_PGD_PTRS, KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY));
-#endif
-
 	tboot_probe();
 
 	map_vsyscall();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 2bbd27f89802..bbba27269fdd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -287,4 +287,25 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 
 	/* Setup cpu initialized, callin, callout masks */
 	setup_cpu_local_masks();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	/*
+	 * Sync back kernel address range.  We want to make sure that
+	 * all kernel mappings, including percpu mappings, are available
+	 * in the smpboot asm.  We can't reliably pick up percpu
+	 * mappings using vmalloc_fault(), because exception dispatch
+	 * needs percpu data.
+	 */
+	clone_pgd_range(initial_page_table + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
+			swapper_pg_dir     + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
+			KERNEL_PGD_PTRS);
+
+	/*
+	 * sync back low identity map too.  It is used for example
+	 * in the 32-bit EFI stub.
+	 */
+	clone_pgd_range(initial_page_table,
+			swapper_pg_dir     + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY,
+			min(KERNEL_PGD_PTRS, KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY));
+#endif
 }