diff --git a/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/plat_psci.c b/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/plat_psci.c
index c9fd36113..27cdddb2c 100644
--- a/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/plat_psci.c
+++ b/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/plat_psci.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static int zynqmp_pwr_domain_on(u_register_t mpidr)
 		return PSCI_E_INTERN_FAIL;
 
 	proc = pm_get_proc(cpu_id);
+	/* Clear power down request */
+	pm_client_wakeup(proc);
 
 	/* Send request to PMU to wake up selected APU CPU core */
 	pm_req_wakeup(proc->node_id, 1, zynqmp_sec_entry, REQ_ACK_BLOCKING);
diff --git a/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/pm_service/pm_api_sys.c b/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/pm_service/pm_api_sys.c
index cad29bc6c..9f137f4bf 100644
--- a/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/pm_service/pm_api_sys.c
+++ b/plat/xilinx/zynqmp/pm_service/pm_api_sys.c
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ enum pm_ret_status pm_req_wakeup(enum pm_node_id target,
 {
 	uint32_t payload[PAYLOAD_ARG_CNT];
 	uint64_t encoded_address;
-	const struct pm_proc *proc = pm_get_proc_by_node(target);
 
-	/* invoke APU-specific code for waking up another APU core */
-	pm_client_wakeup(proc);
 
 	/* encode set Address into 1st bit of address */
 	encoded_address = address;