diff --git a/include/linux/reboot.h b/include/linux/reboot.h
index 8e00f9f6f963..9e7db9e73cc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/reboot.h
+++ b/include/linux/reboot.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
  * Architecture-specific implementations of sys_reboot commands.
  */
 
+extern void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void);
 extern void machine_restart(char *cmd);
 extern void machine_halt(void);
 extern void machine_power_off(void);
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index d0d8fca54065..9c970167e402 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 	{
 		kexec_in_progress = true;
 		kernel_restart_prepare(NULL);
+		migrate_to_reboot_cpu();
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Starting new kernel\n");
 		machine_shutdown();
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
index f813b3474646..662c83fc16b7 100644
--- a/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_reboot_notifier);
 
-static void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void)
+void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void)
 {
 	/* The boot cpu is always logical cpu 0 */
 	int cpu = reboot_cpu;