diff --git a/lib/psci/psci_common.c b/lib/psci/psci_common.c
index 8aa0cce..70bf77e 100644
--- a/lib/psci/psci_common.c
+++ b/lib/psci/psci_common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -1037,6 +1037,13 @@
 		psci_cpu_suspend_finish(cpu_idx, &state_info);
 
 	/*
+	 * Generic management: Now we just need to retrieve the
+	 * information that we had stashed away during the cpu_on
+	 * call to set this cpu on its way.
+	 */
+	cm_prepare_el3_exit_ns();
+
+	/*
 	 * Set the requested and target state of this CPU and all the higher
 	 * power domains which are ancestors of this CPU to run.
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/psci/psci_on.c b/lib/psci/psci_on.c
index 76eb50c..1f619ae 100644
--- a/lib/psci/psci_on.c
+++ b/lib/psci/psci_on.c
@@ -225,11 +225,4 @@
 	/* Populate the mpidr field within the cpu node array */
 	/* This needs to be done only once */
 	psci_cpu_pd_nodes[cpu_idx].mpidr = read_mpidr() & MPIDR_AFFINITY_MASK;
-
-	/*
-	 * Generic management: Now we just need to retrieve the
-	 * information that we had stashed away during the cpu_on
-	 * call to set this cpu on its way.
-	 */
-	cm_prepare_el3_exit_ns();
 }
diff --git a/lib/psci/psci_suspend.c b/lib/psci/psci_suspend.c
index d93e60d..cb12b83 100644
--- a/lib/psci/psci_suspend.c
+++ b/lib/psci/psci_suspend.c
@@ -367,11 +367,4 @@
 	psci_set_suspend_pwrlvl(PSCI_INVALID_PWR_LVL);
 
 	PUBLISH_EVENT(psci_suspend_pwrdown_finish);
-
-	/*
-	 * Generic management: Now we just need to retrieve the
-	 * information that we had stashed away during the suspend
-	 * call to set this cpu on its way.
-	 */
-	cm_prepare_el3_exit_ns();
 }