diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
index c8017a7bcabd2b9e44b669357da5fc6eb9c0c090..b64e7ead752f20e95926f8c5424647e70d590886 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int __init smp_iic_probe(void)
 {
 	iic_request_IPIs();
 
-	return cpumask_weight(cpu_possible_mask);
+	return num_possible_cpus();
 }
 
 static void smp_cell_setup_cpu(int cpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
index f30cf4d136a475237a5cd6b2678a99b00b79343a..62475440fd453105b1df12c26dc8fad32a020b8f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int pseries_add_processor(struct device_node *np)
 		 */
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Cannot add cpu %s; this system configuration"
 		       " supports %d logical cpus.\n", np->full_name,
-		       cpumask_weight(cpu_possible_mask));
+		       num_possible_cpus());
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index c4648ad5c1f36b9fba93a53fbe6d361fbbbd2573..bbfbbf2025fde5161e80e4c094b2bf962682b151 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ int __init smp_mpic_probe(void)
 
 	DBG("smp_mpic_probe()...\n");
 
-	nr_cpus = cpumask_weight(cpu_possible_mask);
+	nr_cpus = num_possible_cpus();
 
 	DBG("nr_cpus: %d\n", nr_cpus);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
index 365249cd346bb368d525041f15a9b2b4b1ab38e9..125743b58c7097504a0f709f6bbff179c2553cf9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int __init xics_smp_probe(void)
 	/* Register all the IPIs */
 	xics_request_ipi();
 
-	return cpumask_weight(cpu_possible_mask);
+	return num_possible_cpus();
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */