diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
index 594660ed19dcd431cec741239f51d23c786fa343..3ef55fb7ac036c7d52eb0766c3b7c5c4a687b02f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cmp.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 static void cmp_init_secondary(void)
 {
-	struct cpuinfo_mips *c = &current_cpu_data;
+	struct cpuinfo_mips *c __maybe_unused = &current_cpu_data;
 
 	/* Assume GIC is present */
 	change_c0_status(ST0_IM, STATUSF_IP3 | STATUSF_IP4 | STATUSF_IP6 |
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static void cmp_init_secondary(void)
 
 	/* Enable per-cpu interrupts: platform specific */
 
-	c->core = (read_c0_ebase() >> 1) & 0x1ff;
 #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC)
 	if (cpu_has_mipsmt)
 		c->vpe_id = (read_c0_tcbind() >> TCBIND_CURVPE_SHIFT) &