diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
index 3db7782f3afb..79531f1dffbc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int __cpuinit ux500_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *
 	 */
 	write_pen_release(cpu_logical_map(cpu));
 
-	smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
+	gic_raise_softirq(cpumask_of(cpu), 0);
 
 	timeout = jiffies + (1 * HZ);
 	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {