diff --git a/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c b/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
index 3c9ec3ddca845dccac627dcf13fec4a7b62ee272..2f33992f6dff00dbf54321a5f00089e73acd14e5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	struct op_mips_model *lmodel = NULL;
 	int res;
 
-	switch (current_cpu_type()) {
+	switch (boot_cpu_type()) {
 	case CPU_5KC:
 	case CPU_M14KC:
 	case CPU_M14KEC: