diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
index 26d9e7726867..87b05751955a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ 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);
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 599f1207eed2..f32cfe83dfd1 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	paging_init();
 	init_sparc64_elf_hwcap();
+	smp_fill_in_cpu_possible_map();
 }
 
 extern int stop_a_enabled;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index 8a6151a628ce..d3035ba6cd31 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,20 @@ 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;