diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 02aa300c46337fede228bf70d302433f4a12c548..1370d726dc105909bd0a0d72ca6291ed8f939240 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu).idle = current;
-
-	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_present_map);
-	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
 }
 
 static void send_ipi_message(cpumask_t callmap, enum ipi_msg_type msg)