u16 core_id;
        int nr, i;
 
+       get_online_cpus();
+       mutex_lock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
        nr = 0;
        cpumask_xor(&avail, cpu_possible_mask, cpu_present_mask);
        /*
                configured = i < info->configured;
                nr += smp_add_core(&info->core[i], &avail, configured, early);
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
+       put_online_cpus();
        return nr;
 }
 
        pr_info("%d configured CPUs, %d standby CPUs\n", c_cpus, s_cpus);
 
        /* Add CPUs present at boot */
-       get_online_cpus();
        __smp_rescan_cpus(info, true);
-       put_online_cpus();
        memblock_free_early((unsigned long)info, sizeof(*info));
 }
 
        if (!info)
                return -ENOMEM;
        smp_get_core_info(info, 0);
-       get_online_cpus();
-       mutex_lock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
        nr = __smp_rescan_cpus(info, false);
-       mutex_unlock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
-       put_online_cpus();
        kfree(info);
        if (nr)
                topology_schedule_update();