diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
index a8e18447c62b967d381a09fb5a7f0857753dbd19..f71bb4c118b4566eb8a1149f8f7278d3a03b27ab 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
@@ -61,22 +61,25 @@ static inline cpumask_t cpu_online_cores_map(void)
 	return cpu_thread_mask_to_cores(cpu_online_map);
 }
 
-static inline int cpu_thread_to_core(int cpu)
-{
-	return cpu >> threads_shift;
-}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+int cpu_core_index_of_thread(int cpu);
+int cpu_first_thread_of_core(int core);
+#else
+static inline int cpu_core_index_of_thread(int cpu) { return cpu; }
+static inline int cpu_first_thread_of_core(int core) { return core; }
+#endif
 
 static inline int cpu_thread_in_core(int cpu)
 {
 	return cpu & (threads_per_core - 1);
 }
 
-static inline int cpu_first_thread_in_core(int cpu)
+static inline int cpu_first_thread_sibling(int cpu)
 {
 	return cpu & ~(threads_per_core - 1);
 }
 
-static inline int cpu_last_thread_in_core(int cpu)
+static inline int cpu_last_thread_sibling(int cpu)
 {
 	return cpu | (threads_per_core - 1);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 68034bbf2e4f0affdeaa991a56b75482b6c3d615..981360509172472a044eac1b9ec50019def24b9c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -466,7 +466,20 @@ int cpu_to_core_id(int cpu)
 	return id;
 }
 
-/* Must be called when no change can occur to cpu_present_mask,
+/* Helper routines for cpu to core mapping */
+int cpu_core_index_of_thread(int cpu)
+{
+	return cpu >> threads_shift;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_core_index_of_thread);
+
+int cpu_first_thread_of_core(int core)
+{
+	return core << threads_shift;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_first_thread_of_core);
+
+/* Must be called when no change can occur to cpu_present_map,
  * i.e. during cpu online or offline.
  */
 static struct device_node *cpu_to_l2cache(int cpu)
@@ -514,7 +527,7 @@ int __devinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);
 	/* Update sibling maps */
-	base = cpu_first_thread_in_core(cpu);
+	base = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < threads_per_core; i++) {
 		if (cpu_is_offline(base + i))
 			continue;
@@ -600,7 +613,7 @@ int __cpu_disable(void)
 		return err;
 
 	/* Update sibling maps */
-	base = cpu_first_thread_in_core(cpu);
+	base = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < threads_per_core; i++) {
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cpu_sibling_mask(base + i));
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(base + i, cpu_sibling_mask(cpu));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c
index 5ce99848d91e49aa3fb03d90c0f8c116a4d9d42a..c0aab52da3a56b73f4758ab5c874c9bb1374c68a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static unsigned int steal_context_smp(unsigned int id)
 		 * a core map instead but this will do for now.
 		 */
 		for_each_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm)) {
-			for (i = cpu_first_thread_in_core(cpu);
-			     i <= cpu_last_thread_in_core(cpu); i++)
+			for (i = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
+			     i <= cpu_last_thread_sibling(cpu); i++)
 				__set_bit(id, stale_map[i]);
 			cpu = i - 1;
 		}
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ void switch_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next)
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(id, stale_map[cpu])) {
 		pr_hardcont(" | stale flush %d [%d..%d]",
-			    id, cpu_first_thread_in_core(cpu),
-			    cpu_last_thread_in_core(cpu));
+			    id, cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu),
+			    cpu_last_thread_sibling(cpu));
 
 		local_flush_tlb_mm(next);
 
 		/* XXX This clear should ultimately be part of local_flush_tlb_mm */
-		for (i = cpu_first_thread_in_core(cpu);
-		     i <= cpu_last_thread_in_core(cpu); i++) {
+		for (i = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
+		     i <= cpu_last_thread_sibling(cpu); i++) {
 			__clear_bit(id, stale_map[i]);
 		}
 	}