diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
index 5f74590e0bea45f526b778efd46d002c113417f1..9cdb4e4ce258390d75325ea0dba6562f13332924 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
@@ -535,6 +535,13 @@
 # define cpu_has_shared_ftlb_entries 0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP
+# define cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters \
+	(cpu_data[0].options & MIPS_CPU_MT_PER_TC_PERF_COUNTERS)
+#else
+# define cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters 0
+#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP */
+
 /*
  * Guest capabilities
  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index ee73550f0b9a422c05d527287bb95aa4dd738180..458015da714966662184f7df8dd51256f917132f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ static struct mips_pmu mipspmu;
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_PERF_SHARED_TC_COUNTERS
-static int cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters;
-
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(pmuint_rwlock);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_BMIPS5000)
@@ -1723,7 +1721,6 @@ init_hw_perf_events(void)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_PERF_SHARED_TC_COUNTERS
-	cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters = read_c0_config7() & (1<<19);
 	if (!cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters)
 		counters = counters_total_to_per_cpu(counters);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c
index c3e4c18ef8d4d1ca5e4dc74ffd990b800ca0fd1b..7c04b17f4a488aa8e50186be84dd0fcc50125ba2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static int perfcount_irq;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP
-static int cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters;
 #define WHAT		(MIPS_PERFCTRL_MT_EN_VPE | \
 			 M_PERFCTL_VPEID(cpu_vpe_id(&current_cpu_data)))
 #define vpe_id()	(cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters ? \
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ static int __init mipsxx_init(void)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP
-	cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters = read_c0_config7() & (1<<19);
 	if (!cpu_has_mipsmt_pertccounters)
 		counters = counters_total_to_per_cpu(counters);
 #endif