diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/platsmp.c
index 49c7db48c7f..d7c5c171f5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/platsmp.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int __cpuinit boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 	 * the boot monitor to read the system wide flags register,
 	 * and branch to the address found there.
 	 */
-	gic_raise_softirq(cpumask_of(cpu), 1);
+	gic_raise_softirq(cpumask_of(cpu), 0);
 
 	timeout = jiffies + (1 * HZ);
 	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {