diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
index 32ee5979a042..16483be18c0b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -400,9 +400,9 @@ smp_callin (void)
 	/* Setup the per cpu irq handling data structures */
 	__setup_vector_irq(cpuid);
 	cpu_set(cpuid, cpu_online_map);
-	unlock_ipi_calllock();
 	per_cpu(cpu_state, cpuid) = CPU_ONLINE;
 	spin_unlock(&vector_lock);
+	unlock_ipi_calllock();
 
 	smp_setup_percpu_timer();