diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
index 4e35d9c453e2d98cb99555af3f16ad634bb9a7fb..6f8feb9efcff9e64174534233133b6d097d957fc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ void nlm_early_init_secondary(int cpu)
 {
 	change_c0_config(CONF_CM_CMASK, 0x3);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_XLP
-	/* mmu init, once per core */
-	if (cpu % NLM_THREADS_PER_CORE == 0)
-		xlp_mmu_init();
+	xlp_mmu_init();
 #endif
 	write_c0_ebase(nlm_current_node()->ebase);
 }