diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index e0998997943bf789cddb11967781b595850574bc..9125964af409b641df741e775761b3394b5b69c1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ config NODES_SHIFT
 	default "4"
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
+config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
+	def_bool y
+	depends on NUMA
+
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
 	def_bool y
 	depends on PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index c9202151079f2b1d6e99af4569b82ce68c785573..5ecf7ea52ad846463ab2ba028ae31dc62cedc0a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -20,19 +20,6 @@ struct device_node;
 
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
-static inline int cpu_to_node(int cpu)
-{
-	int nid;
-
-	nid = numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu];
-
-	/*
-	 * During early boot, the numa-cpu lookup table might not have been
-	 * setup for all CPUs yet. In such cases, default to node 0.
-	 */
-	return (nid < 0) ? 0 : nid;
-}
-
 #define parent_node(node)	(node)
 
 #define cpumask_of_node(node) ((node) == -1 ?				\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index e2a4232c5871a19056b0b5b666adb540a17b1403..d7252adea759570911c24acc877fd4631c29973f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ void smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	paca[boot_cpuid].__current = current;
 #endif
+	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[boot_cpuid]);
 	current_set[boot_cpuid] = task_thread_info(current);
 }
 
@@ -750,6 +751,11 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 	}
 	traverse_core_siblings(cpu, true);
 
+	/*
+	 * numa_node_id() works after this.
+	 */
+	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
+
 	smp_wmb();
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, true);