diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
index afc379ca375301f7e916a4fd46447239ad478a38..06cd0c610f4475a3cfc03f6907e00542117fe2ba 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void cmp_init_secondary(void)
 
 	/* Enable per-cpu interrupts: platform specific */
 
-	c->core = (read_c0_ebase() >> 1) & 0xff;
+	c->core = (read_c0_ebase() >> 1) & 0x1ff;
 #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC)
 	c->vpe_id = (read_c0_tcbind() >> TCBIND_CURVPE_SHIFT) & TCBIND_CURVPE;
 #endif