diff --git a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c b/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
index 730f44c4f7..c31f34678b 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
@@ -235,4 +235,8 @@ void build_cpu_hotplug_aml(Aml *ctx, MachineState *machine,
     g_free(apic_ids);
 
     aml_append(ctx, sb_scope);
+
+    method = aml_method("\\_GPE._E02", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method, aml_call0("\\_SB." CPU_SCAN_METHOD));
+    aml_append(ctx, method);
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 822230f7a5..63e2723c03 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -1952,10 +1952,6 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
             aml_append(scope, method);
         }
 
-        method = aml_method("_E02", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-        aml_append(method, aml_call0("\\_SB." CPU_SCAN_METHOD));
-        aml_append(scope, method);
-
         method = aml_method("_E03", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
         aml_append(method, aml_call0(MEMORY_HOTPLUG_HANDLER_PATH));
         aml_append(scope, method);