diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
index 04a7cba58eff4..b4184092172a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void wake_offline_cpus(void)
 		if (!cpu_online(cpu)) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "kexec: Waking offline cpu %d.\n",
 			       cpu);
-			WARN_ON(cpu_up(cpu));
+			WARN_ON(add_cpu(cpu));
 		}
 	}
 }