diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index 5c8f7caf9f31e42d7adeb5261d03ad69bcbeb583..35531fe1c5ea91c05b5d43a71e5de03894024287 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ void __init smp_fill_possible_mask(void)
 
 	sclp_max = max(sclp.mtid, sclp.mtid_cp) + 1;
 	sclp_max = min(smp_max_threads, sclp_max);
-	sclp_max = sclp.max_cores * sclp_max ?: nr_cpu_ids;
+	sclp_max = (sclp.max_cores * sclp_max) ?: nr_cpu_ids;
 	possible = setup_possible_cpus ?: nr_cpu_ids;
 	possible = min(possible, sclp_max);
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < possible && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; cpu++)