diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 54c97eee6173..7d66a6e66cb6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	while (1) {
-		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1);
 		idle_notifier_call_chain(IDLE_START);
+		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1);
 		while (!need_resched()) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 			if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))