diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 73067805300a26338b0868292cff95c8b78f5ce1..1d4e0ef658d38f4ba7deafa877d1250b82e1459c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static inline u32 mpic_physmask(u32 cpumask)
 	int i;
 	u32 mask = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < min(32, NR_CPUS); ++i, cpumask >>= 1)
+	for (i = 0; i < min(32, NR_CPUS) && cpu_possible(i); ++i, cpumask >>= 1)
 		mask |= (cpumask & 1) << get_hard_smp_processor_id(i);
 	return mask;
 }