diff --git a/sys/dev/xen/control/control.c b/sys/dev/xen/control/control.c
index 60e448a..5f7cf32 100644
--- a/sys/dev/xen/control/control.c
+++ b/sys/dev/xen/control/control.c
@@ -404,8 +404,6 @@ xctrl_suspend()
 	gnttab_resume();
 
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* Send an IPI_BITMAP in case there are pending bitmap IPIs. */
-	lapic_ipi_vectored(IPI_BITMAP_VECTOR, APIC_IPI_DEST_ALL);
 	if (smp_started && !CPU_EMPTY(&cpu_suspend_map)) {
 		/*
 		 * Now that event channels have been initialized,
@@ -413,6 +411,8 @@ xctrl_suspend()
 		 */
 		resume_cpus(cpu_suspend_map);
 	}
+	/* Send an IPI_BITMAP in case there are pending bitmap IPIs. */
+	lapic_ipi_vectored(IPI_BITMAP_VECTOR, APIC_IPI_DEST_ALL);
 #endif
 
 	/*