diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 5d9fd53c3073..643ed89b2e4c 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ void start_kernel(void)
 	sched_clock_init();
 	calibrate_delay();
 
+	arch_cpu_finalize_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * This needs to be called before any devices perform DMA
 	 * operations that might use the SWIOTLB bounce buffers. It will
@@ -1078,8 +1080,6 @@ void start_kernel(void)
 	taskstats_init_early();
 	delayacct_init();
 
-	arch_cpu_finalize_init();
-
 	acpi_subsystem_init();
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();
 	kcsan_init();