diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index b4e870cbdc60..3e6150d421e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/tboot.h>
+#include <linux/stackprotector.h>
 
 #include <asm/acpi.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
@@ -324,6 +325,9 @@ notrace static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	/* enable local interrupts */
 	local_irq_enable();
 
+	/* to prevent fake stack check failure in clock setup */
+	boot_init_stack_canary();
+
 	x86_cpuinit.setup_percpu_clockev();
 
 	wmb();