diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index c45d10d..68273b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
@@ -771,6 +772,10 @@
 	paging_init(&meminfo, mdesc);
 	request_standard_resources(&meminfo, mdesc);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	smp_init_cpus();
+#endif
+
 	cpu_init();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 7338948..02aa300 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@
 
 	per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu).idle = current;
 
-	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_possible_map);
 	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_present_map);
 	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
 }