diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 3bafbe350f4f..c94baf2969e7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5870,6 +5870,8 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+
 	__sched_fork(idle);
 	idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
 
@@ -5877,7 +5879,6 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	idle->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
 	__set_task_cpu(idle, cpu);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
 	rq->curr = rq->idle = idle;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW)
 	idle->oncpu = 1;