diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index b78b794..d4853a5 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1958,10 +1958,10 @@
 		       cpu);
 		hardware_disable(NULL);
 		break;
-	case CPU_ONLINE:
+	case CPU_STARTING:
 		printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: enabling virtualization on CPU%d\n",
 		       cpu);
-		smp_call_function_single(cpu, hardware_enable, NULL, 1);
+		hardware_enable(NULL);
 		break;
 	}
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -2096,7 +2096,6 @@
 
 static struct notifier_block kvm_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = kvm_cpu_hotplug,
-	.priority = 20, /* must be > scheduler priority */
 };
 
 static int vm_stat_get(void *_offset, u64 *val)