diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 56078d61c79315847ee3a2e761184846b9e1345f..3e1cecedde42747261c94053a53191ffa7291107 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ static int __cpuinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
 #endif
 		cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_callout_map); /* was set by do_boot_cpu() */
 		cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_initialized); /* was set by cpu_init() */
-		cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_possible_map);
 		cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_present_map);
 		per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) = BAD_APICID;
 	}