diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index bbf8b32fc69e..97a27726ea21 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5242,10 +5242,11 @@ void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	__sched_fork(0, idle);
+
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&idle->pi_lock, flags);
 	raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
 
-	__sched_fork(0, idle);
 	idle->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 	idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
 	idle->flags |= PF_IDLE;