diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
index 78cf8c2f1de0e8790923d25ab6e42a85e53a6fe9..6d11788b4502d3f050448b8515a172eb508eba3d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static void bmips_init_secondary(void)
 		break;
 	case CPU_BMIPS5000:
 		write_c0_brcm_action(ACTION_CLR_IPI(smp_processor_id(), 0));
+		current_cpu_data.core = (read_c0_brcm_config() >> 25) & 3;
 		break;
 	}
 }