diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index c45d10d07bde95f73034f47fd26877c41548ba08..68273b4dc8820b39a3e3c87456203fbecd65dde1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
@@ -771,6 +772,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	paging_init(&meminfo, mdesc);
 	request_standard_resources(&meminfo, mdesc);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	smp_init_cpus();
+#endif
+
 	cpu_init();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 7338948bd7d38046e355807e73c44413d3db40d7..02aa300c46337fede228bf70d302433f4a12c548 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 
 	per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu).idle = current;
 
-	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_possible_map);
 	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_present_map);
 	cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/platsmp.c
index ea10bd8c972c4bf4d6df17c0ef0faf77871f4f7f..1bc8534ef0c696d5fca65a19dbe10b47be3f7d66 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/platsmp.c
@@ -140,6 +140,18 @@ static void __init poke_milo(void)
 	mb();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialise the CPU possible map early - this describes the CPUs
+ * which may be present or become present in the system.
+ */
+void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i, ncores = get_core_count();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
+		cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
+}
+
 void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	unsigned int ncores = get_core_count();
@@ -176,14 +188,11 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 		max_cpus = ncores;
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialise the possible/present maps.
-	 * cpu_possible_map describes the set of CPUs which may be present
-	 * cpu_present_map describes the set of CPUs populated
+	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
+	 * actually populated at the present time.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++) {
-		cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
+	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
 		cpu_set(i, cpu_present_map);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Do we need any more CPUs? If so, then let them know where
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
index a8fbd76d8be5855e97eea74502f949cde0abf828..b8484e15dacb7f3e8f3d69ca09ea58334ea47b42 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ static void __init poke_milo(void)
 	mb();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialise the CPU possible map early - this describes the CPUs
+ * which may be present or become present in the system.
+ */
+void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i, ncores = get_core_count();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
+		cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
+}
+
 void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	unsigned int ncores = get_core_count();
@@ -179,14 +191,11 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	local_timer_setup(cpu);
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialise the possible/present maps.
-	 * cpu_possible_map describes the set of CPUs which may be present
-	 * cpu_present_map describes the set of CPUs populated
+	 * Initialise the present map, which describes the set of CPUs
+	 * actually populated at the present time.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++) {
-		cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
+	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++)
 		cpu_set(i, cpu_present_map);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Do we need any more CPUs? If so, then let them know where
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/smp.h b/include/asm-arm/smp.h
index 5a72e50ca9fc0ab5f1640d5ba975ee155851e14e..fe45f7f612230be865e49497809f5ecf1aa68021 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/smp.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/smp.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ extern void show_ipi_list(struct seq_file *p);
  */
 asmlinkage void do_IPI(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
+/*
+ * Setup the SMP cpu_possible_map
+ */
+extern void smp_init_cpus(void);
+
 /*
  * Move global data into per-processor storage.
  */