diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index a8ad200581aa1b2a7ee58eed7dc94e053ba8e059..7a0b62252524547780407e219ff0fb418be00dea 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -84,11 +84,19 @@ void __init setup_smp(void)
 		}
 
 		cpuid_to_hartid_map(cpuid) = hart;
-		set_cpu_possible(cpuid, true);
 		cpuid++;
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(!found_boot_cpu);
+
+	if (cpuid > nr_cpu_ids)
+		pr_warn("Total number of cpus [%d] is greater than nr_cpus option value [%d]\n",
+			cpuid, nr_cpu_ids);
+
+	for (cpuid = 1; cpuid < nr_cpu_ids; cpuid++) {
+		if (cpuid_to_hartid_map(cpuid) != INVALID_HARTID)
+			set_cpu_possible(cpuid, true);
+	}
 }
 
 int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)