diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
index 054461e..158bd31 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
+	smp_setup_cpu_possible_map();
+
 	paging_init();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
index 1fb6323..1f7ad8a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1079,18 +1079,12 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Constrain the number of cpus to max_cpus.  */
 void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int instance, mid;
-
-	instance = 0;
-	while (!cpu_find_by_instance(instance, NULL, &mid)) {
-		if (mid < max_cpus)
-			cpu_set(mid, phys_cpu_present_map);
-		instance++;
-	}
-
 	if (num_possible_cpus() > max_cpus) {
+		int instance, mid;
+
 		instance = 0;
 		while (!cpu_find_by_instance(instance, NULL, &mid)) {
 			if (mid != boot_cpu_id) {
@@ -1105,6 +1099,22 @@
 	smp_store_cpu_info(boot_cpu_id);
 }
 
+/* Set this up early so that things like the scheduler can init
+ * properly.  We use the same cpu mask for both the present and
+ * possible cpu map.
+ */
+void __init smp_setup_cpu_possible_map(void)
+{
+	int instance, mid;
+
+	instance = 0;
+	while (!cpu_find_by_instance(instance, NULL, &mid)) {
+		if (mid < NR_CPUS)
+			cpu_set(mid, phys_cpu_present_map);
+		instance++;
+	}
+}
+
 void __devinit smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 {
 	if (hard_smp_processor_id() >= NR_CPUS) {
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/smp.h b/include/asm-sparc64/smp.h
index 110a2de..473edb2 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/smp.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/smp.h
@@ -66,8 +66,14 @@
 
 #define raw_smp_processor_id() (current_thread_info()->cpu)
 
+extern void smp_setup_cpu_possible_map(void);
+
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
+#else
+
+#define smp_setup_cpu_possible_map() do { } while (0)
+
 #endif /* !(CONFIG_SMP) */
 
 #define NO_PROC_ID		0xFF