diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index ddbd54a9b845..94a81f41e8a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -157,6 +157,21 @@ static void xen_vcpu_setup(int cpu)
 
 	BUG_ON(HYPERVISOR_shared_info == &xen_dummy_shared_info);
 
+	/*
+	 * This path is called twice on PVHVM - first during bootup via
+	 * smp_init -> xen_hvm_cpu_notify, and then if the VCPU is being
+	 * hotplugged: cpu_up -> xen_hvm_cpu_notify.
+	 * As we can only do the VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info once lets
+	 * not over-write its result.
+	 *
+	 * For PV it is called during restore (xen_vcpu_restore) and bootup
+	 * (xen_setup_vcpu_info_placement). The hotplug mechanism does not
+	 * use this function.
+	 */
+	if (xen_hvm_domain()) {
+		if (per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) == &per_cpu(xen_vcpu_info, cpu))
+			return;
+	}
 	if (cpu < MAX_VIRT_CPUS)
 		per_cpu(xen_vcpu,cpu) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[cpu];