diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index fcf5b7445f296b..993a4aedfd3777 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,11 @@ void crash_smp_send_stop(void)
 
 	cpus_stopped = 1;
 
-	if (num_online_cpus() == 1) {
+	/*
+	 * If this cpu is the only one alive at this point in time, online or
+	 * not, there are no stop messages to be sent around, so just back out.
+	 */
+	if (num_other_online_cpus() == 0) {
 		sdei_mask_local_cpu();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1017,7 +1021,7 @@ void crash_smp_send_stop(void)
 	cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &mask);
 
-	atomic_set(&waiting_for_crash_ipi, num_online_cpus() - 1);
+	atomic_set(&waiting_for_crash_ipi, num_other_online_cpus());
 
 	pr_crit("SMP: stopping secondary CPUs\n");
 	smp_cross_call(&mask, IPI_CPU_CRASH_STOP);