diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 1917c034c045..7b62bfb19afa 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1933,6 +1933,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations vmstat_op = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct delayed_work, vmstat_work);
 int sysctl_stat_interval __read_mostly = HZ;
+static int vmstat_late_init_done;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 static void refresh_vm_stats(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2135,7 +2136,8 @@ static void __init init_cpu_node_state(void)
 
 static int vmstat_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	refresh_zone_stat_thresholds();
+	if (vmstat_late_init_done)
+		refresh_zone_stat_thresholds();
 
 	if (!node_state(cpu_to_node(cpu), N_CPU)) {
 		node_set_state(cpu_to_node(cpu), N_CPU);
@@ -2167,6 +2169,14 @@ static int vmstat_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int __init vmstat_late_init(void)
+{
+	refresh_zone_stat_thresholds();
+	vmstat_late_init_done = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(vmstat_late_init);
 #endif
 
 struct workqueue_struct *mm_percpu_wq;