diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 0fa356fe82ccc00fc6a70704627da99bb66fc49a..984a3f13923b615b7c6849cd59b396689680ed20 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -815,17 +815,20 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i)
 		get_core_online(i);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) {
+		put_online_cpus();
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit_driver_unreg;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&coretemp_cpu_notifier);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
@@ -840,6 +843,7 @@ static void __exit coretemp_exit(void)
 {
 	struct pdev_entry *p, *n;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&coretemp_cpu_notifier);
 	mutex_lock(&pdev_list_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &pdev_list, list) {
@@ -848,6 +852,7 @@ static void __exit coretemp_exit(void)
 		kfree(p);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&pdev_list_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	platform_driver_unregister(&coretemp_driver);
 }