diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
index 8022c668148518ec03ced2a38b01d8b55b677c46..fbd895562292cdf54695a5aaa1433e7dfee61397 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 static void *c_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	if (*pos == 0)	/* just in case, cpu 0 is not the first */
-		*pos = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
-	else
-		*pos = cpumask_next(*pos - 1, cpu_online_mask);
+	*pos = cpumask_next(*pos - 1, cpu_online_mask);
 	if ((*pos) < nr_cpu_ids)
 		return &cpu_data(*pos);
 	return NULL;