diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index 1d2e6392f5fa..0e07e0968c3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ static int oprofile_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *b, unsigned long action,
 				 void *data)
 {
 	int cpu = (unsigned long)data;
-	switch (action) {
+
+	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
 	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
 		smp_call_function_single(cpu, nmi_cpu_up, NULL, 0);