diff --git a/drivers/soc/xilinx/xlnx_event_manager.c b/drivers/soc/xilinx/xlnx_event_manager.c
index 86a048a10a13..edfb1d5c10c6 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/xilinx/xlnx_event_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/xilinx/xlnx_event_manager.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void xlnx_disable_percpu_irq(void *data)
 static int xlnx_event_init_sgi(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	int cpu;
 	/*
 	 * IRQ related structures are used for the following:
 	 * for each SGI interrupt ensure its mapped by GIC IRQ domain
@@ -592,9 +592,12 @@ static int xlnx_event_init_sgi(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sgi_fwspec.param[0] = sgi_num;
 	virq_sgi = irq_create_fwspec_mapping(&sgi_fwspec);
 
+	cpu = get_cpu();
 	per_cpu(cpu_number1, cpu) = cpu;
 	ret = request_percpu_irq(virq_sgi, xlnx_event_handler, "xlnx_event_mgmt",
 				 &cpu_number1);
+	put_cpu();
+
 	WARN_ON(ret);
 	if (ret) {
 		irq_dispose_mapping(virq_sgi);