diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
index e75783b6abc4..16ab904616a0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ void arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
 int hard_smp_processor_id(void);
 #define raw_smp_processor_id() (current_thread_info()->cpu)
 
-void smp_fill_in_cpu_possible_map(void);
 void smp_fill_in_sib_core_maps(void);
 void cpu_play_dead(void);
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu);
 #define smp_fill_in_sib_core_maps() do { } while (0)
 #define smp_fetch_global_regs() do { } while (0)
 #define smp_fetch_global_pmu() do { } while (0)
-#define smp_fill_in_cpu_possible_map() do { } while (0)
 #define smp_init_cpu_poke() do { } while (0)
 #define scheduler_poke() do { } while (0)
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
index f883a50fa333..4eae633f7198 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ static void *record_one_cpu(struct device_node *dp, int cpuid, int arg)
 	ncpus_probed++;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	set_cpu_present(cpuid, true);
-	set_cpu_possible(cpuid, true);
+
+	if (num_possible_cpus() < nr_cpu_ids)
+		set_cpu_possible(cpuid, true);
 #endif
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
index fd2182a5c32d..7c75aa3081ad 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	paging_init();
 	init_sparc64_elf_hwcap();
-	smp_fill_in_cpu_possible_map();
 	/*
 	 * Once the OF device tree and MDESC have been setup and nr_cpus has
 	 * been parsed, we know the list of possible cpus.  Therefore we can
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index aa81c25b44cf..02deb12b413d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -1213,20 +1213,6 @@ void __init smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 		xcall_deliver_impl = hypervisor_xcall_deliver;
 }
 
-void __init smp_fill_in_cpu_possible_map(void)
-{
-	int possible_cpus = num_possible_cpus();
-	int i;
-
-	if (possible_cpus > nr_cpu_ids)
-		possible_cpus = nr_cpu_ids;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < possible_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_possible(i, true);
-	for (; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
-		set_cpu_possible(i, false);
-}
-
 void smp_fill_in_sib_core_maps(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;