diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index dec6878b35f627089226618ff4dc4628855c8eb4..a1c1cb5de91321468f338d41a01df2f40efaf293 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,13 @@ unsigned long vi_handlers[64];
 
 void reserve_exception_space(phys_addr_t addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	memblock_reserve(addr, size);
+	/*
+	 * reserve exception space on CPUs other than CPU0
+	 * is too late, since memblock is unavailable when APs
+	 * up
+	 */
+	if (smp_processor_id() == 0)
+		memblock_reserve(addr, size);
 }
 
 void __init *set_except_vector(int n, void *addr)