diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp.h b/arch/x86/xen/smp.h
index bd02f9d50107..6e90a312067b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.h
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ void xen_smp_send_reschedule(int cpu);
 void xen_smp_send_call_function_ipi(const struct cpumask *mask);
 void xen_smp_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu);
 
+void xen_cpu_bringup_again(unsigned long stack);
+
 struct xen_common_irq {
 	int irq;
 	char *name;
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
index 6175f2c5c822..a97b0505a483 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
@@ -385,17 +385,8 @@ static void xen_pv_play_dead(void) /* used only with HOTPLUG_CPU */
 {
 	play_dead_common();
 	HYPERVISOR_vcpu_op(VCPUOP_down, xen_vcpu_nr(smp_processor_id()), NULL);
-	cpu_bringup();
-	/*
-	 * commit 4b0c0f294 (tick: Cleanup NOHZ per cpu data on cpu down)
-	 * clears certain data that the cpu_idle loop (which called us
-	 * and that we return from) expects. The only way to get that
-	 * data back is to call:
-	 */
-	tick_nohz_idle_enter();
-	tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick_protected();
-
-	cpuhp_online_idle(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE);
+	xen_cpu_bringup_again((unsigned long)task_pt_regs(current));
+	BUG();
 }
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
index ffaa62167f6e..e36ea4268bd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ SYM_CODE_START(asm_cpu_bringup_and_idle)
 
 	call cpu_bringup_and_idle
 SYM_CODE_END(asm_cpu_bringup_and_idle)
+
+SYM_CODE_START(xen_cpu_bringup_again)
+	UNWIND_HINT_FUNC
+	mov	%rdi, %rsp
+	UNWIND_HINT_REGS
+	call	cpu_bringup_and_idle
+SYM_CODE_END(xen_cpu_bringup_again)
 .popsection
 #endif
 #endif