diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
index 99d7fca9310475c51e89520b64cffa1e63fecf58..fb81e5687e7c8a69c456a816c179cc26840d3239 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ static int __init processor_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 	p = &cpu_data[cpuid];
 	boot_cpu_data.cpu_count++;
 
-	/* initialize counters */
-	memset(p, 0, sizeof(struct cpuinfo_parisc));
+	/* initialize counters - CPU 0 gets it_value set in time_init() */
+	if (cpuid)
+		memset(p, 0, sizeof(struct cpuinfo_parisc));
 
 	p->loops_per_jiffy = loops_per_jiffy;
 	p->dev = dev;		/* Save IODC data in case we need it */