diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 344e52b16c8cd4234b523547d07a8b6ff9106bd6..0ffcf5c0da4323ac6255da97b296342871babb0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -361,14 +361,21 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	 */
 	if (max_cpus > ncores)
 		max_cpus = ncores;
-
-	if (max_cpus > 1) {
+	if (ncores > 1 && max_cpus) {
 		/*
 		 * Enable the local timer or broadcast device for the
 		 * boot CPU, but only if we have more than one CPU.
 		 */
 		percpu_timer_setup();
 
+		/*
+		 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
+		 * actually populated at the present time. A platform should
+		 * re-initialize the map in platform_smp_prepare_cpus() if
+		 * present != possible (e.g. physical hotplug).
+		 */
+		init_cpu_present(&cpu_possible_map);
+
 		/*
 		 * Initialise the SCU if there are more than one CPU
 		 * and let them know where to start.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
index c5e65a02be8d4e2e4303f1333825e141c5988b66..b68d5bdf04cf57e52691dd0778a9bf6f664662a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
@@ -154,14 +154,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
 	scu_enable(scu_base_addr());
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
index 2034098cf0150eaa45487a2020796d809bc265dc..315b9f365329a459bed0140f3d96f524cdfe655b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
@@ -157,12 +157,4 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
index ecfe93c4b5859d25c333f6f01b2507d882ff3895..ce65e9329c7b7ac77c179e7802aa673a6c82328a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
@@ -125,14 +125,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialise the SCU and wake up the secondary core using
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
index 963bf0d8119aafb17ac3281f843820ff454d3886..4ae943bafa9299d530629d53707487f87c9a83fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
 	scu_enable(scu_base_addr());
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
index f3888feb1c684de1911b20cbad2fc7208cf1aee6..66f980625a33e1e05fed0d142abd3fc0090d6c4e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
@@ -64,10 +64,5 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
-
 	shmobile_smp_prepare_cpus();
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index b8ae3c978dee30a26ce8ca4df3828714c3551f87..1a594dce8fbc1a8817f11545722c0786c7ffab93 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
 	scu_enable(scu_base);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
index 0c527fe2cebb1dd7c93a0f651323eaf7559fd77c..a33df5f4c27a1d33ca534e5b8071ad2677edb7fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
@@ -172,14 +172,6 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 
 void __init platform_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
-	 * actually populated at the present time.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
 
 	scu_enable(scu_base_addr());
 	wakeup_secondary();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
index 765a71ff7f3b5d6ef95fc76cdd95b2e9836367d8..bfd32f52c2dbebf0dbe175ee343dcc37ad78d6f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
@@ -229,10 +229,6 @@ static void ct_ca9x4_init_cpu_map(void)
 
 static void ct_ca9x4_smp_enable(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
-		set_cpu_present(i, true);
-
 	scu_enable(MMIO_P2V(A9_MPCORE_SCU));
 }
 #endif