diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 62db062ba138623e13663c9b63180cbe6dbb27ca..84f66b7b4d2e3defe2604ce2a3a03a1b73aa95ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -542,18 +542,7 @@ static void __init amd_detect_cmp(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	int node = 0;
 	unsigned apicid = hard_smp_processor_id();
 #endif
-	unsigned ecx = cpuid_ecx(0x80000008);
-
-	c->x86_max_cores = (ecx & 0xff) + 1;
-
-	/* CPU telling us the core id bits shift? */
-	bits = (ecx >> 12) & 0xF;
-
-	/* Otherwise recompute */
-	if (bits == 0) {
-		while ((1 << bits) < c->x86_max_cores)
-			bits++;
-	}
+	bits = c->x86_coreid_bits;
 
 	/* Low order bits define the core id (index of core in socket) */
 	c->cpu_core_id = c->phys_proc_id & ((1 << bits)-1);
@@ -591,6 +580,33 @@ static void __init amd_detect_cmp(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void __cpuinit early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	unsigned bits, ecx;
+
+	/* Multi core CPU? */
+	if (c->extended_cpuid_level < 0x80000008)
+		return;
+
+	ecx = cpuid_ecx(0x80000008);
+
+	c->x86_max_cores = (ecx & 0xff) + 1;
+
+	/* CPU telling us the core id bits shift? */
+	bits = (ecx >> 12) & 0xF;
+
+	/* Otherwise recompute */
+	if (bits == 0) {
+		while ((1 << bits) < c->x86_max_cores)
+			bits++;
+	}
+
+	c->x86_coreid_bits = bits;
+
+#endif
+}
+
 #define ENABLE_C1E_MASK		0x18000000
 #define CPUID_PROCESSOR_SIGNATURE	1
 #define CPUID_XFAM		0x0ff00000
@@ -858,7 +874,7 @@ struct cpu_model_info {
    below. */
 static void __cpuinit early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
-	u32 tfms;
+	u32 tfms, xlvl;
 
 	c->loops_per_jiffy = loops_per_jiffy;
 	c->x86_cache_size = -1;
@@ -869,6 +885,7 @@ static void __cpuinit early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	c->x86_clflush_size = 64;
 	c->x86_cache_alignment = c->x86_clflush_size;
 	c->x86_max_cores = 1;
+	c->x86_coreid_bits = 0;
 	c->extended_cpuid_level = 0;
 	memset(&c->x86_capability, 0, sizeof c->x86_capability);
 
@@ -905,18 +922,6 @@ static void __cpuinit early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	c->phys_proc_id = (cpuid_ebx(1) >> 24) & 0xff;
 #endif
-}
-
-/*
- * This does the hard work of actually picking apart the CPU stuff...
- */
-void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
-	int i;
-	u32 xlvl;
-
-	early_identify_cpu(c);
-
 	/* AMD-defined flags: level 0x80000001 */
 	xlvl = cpuid_eax(0x80000000);
 	c->extended_cpuid_level = xlvl;
@@ -937,6 +942,23 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			c->x86_capability[2] = cpuid_edx(0x80860001);
 	}
 
+	switch (c->x86_vendor) {
+	case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
+		early_init_amd(c);
+		break;
+	}
+
+}
+
+/*
+ * This does the hard work of actually picking apart the CPU stuff...
+ */
+void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	early_identify_cpu(c);
+
 	init_scattered_cpuid_features(c);
 
 	c->apicid = phys_pkg_id(0);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor_64.h b/include/asm-x86/processor_64.h
index 6c0d96a7af637d5dce96287c186e783564b1a3e4..2ae8ceb8a74ed6ec3ee8ce9eedce2ee4c111e32d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor_64.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
 	int	x86_tlbsize;	/* number of 4K pages in DTLB/ITLB combined(in pages)*/
         __u8    x86_virt_bits, x86_phys_bits;
 	__u8	x86_max_cores;	/* cpuid returned max cores value */
+	__u8	x86_coreid_bits; /* cpuid returned core id bits */
         __u32   x86_power; 	
 	__u32   extended_cpuid_level;	/* Max extended CPUID function supported */
 	unsigned long loops_per_jiffy;