diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
index 3c87468ce9cbb59dfa5cb06f20d4960c9a3c57e8..5f10f38354aeaadd9b0e169684c34de3d6a36511 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
@@ -121,12 +121,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = get_core_count();
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "OMAP4: strange core count of 0? Default to 1\n");
-		ncores = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "OMAP4: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
index 108e92f9746b095ae16fcaea14f118bb8fa82a39..13116cd37639a596d8ae154d08b58447d8be19e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
@@ -161,13 +161,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	unsigned int i, ncores = get_core_count();
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "Realview: strange CM count of 0? Default to 1\n");
-
-		ncores = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "Realview: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv310/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv310/platsmp.c
index d474426f37b7549ba544b68f9da8f80d44d3624d..560ada83b0b14b38f2a0f906b815b2c102103d9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv310/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv310/platsmp.c
@@ -130,13 +130,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_base ? scu_get_core_count(scu_base) : 1;
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "S5PV310: strange CM count of 0? Default to 1\n");
-
-		ncores = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "S5PV310: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index 1c0fd92cab39e44779a3823e89d5248997163a72..5b194dd815a8a7b3aed9a7d38c15d3a5589bef5b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i, ncores = scu_get_core_count(scu_base);
 
+	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Tegra: no. of cores (%u) greater than configured (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, NR_CPUS);
+		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
 		cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
index a51962b7579baa1a8f589c95524f89e7f62d8f8e..e31024e3a7cccd2c7d149dc5604381b9c1e4db56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	unsigned int i, ncores = get_core_count();
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "U8500: strange CM count of 0? Default to 1\n");
-		ncores = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "U8500: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/platsmp.c
index 276f916014c1cdb5cca2cc4a99346136b8c3473a..b5a75868366836d43a8b79cd94a032b71f8c4010 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/platsmp.c
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_base ? scu_get_core_count(scu_base) : 1;
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "vexpress: strange CM count of 0? Default to 1\n");
-
-		ncores = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "vexpress: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "