diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
index 359b176b665fd5fd538e89a423b75c9ef01f4cb5..b6ef5f7312cfaf6b0d784bd822cc79eb70190ab5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
@@ -134,17 +134,24 @@ static void __init bmips_smp_setup(void)
 	if (!board_ebase_setup)
 		board_ebase_setup = &bmips_ebase_setup;
 
-	__cpu_number_map[boot_cpu] = 0;
-	__cpu_logical_map[0] = boot_cpu;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++) {
-		if (i != boot_cpu) {
-			__cpu_number_map[i] = cpu;
-			__cpu_logical_map[cpu] = i;
-			cpu++;
+	if (max_cpus > 1) {
+		__cpu_number_map[boot_cpu] = 0;
+		__cpu_logical_map[0] = boot_cpu;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++) {
+			if (i != boot_cpu) {
+				__cpu_number_map[i] = cpu;
+				__cpu_logical_map[cpu] = i;
+				cpu++;
+			}
+			set_cpu_possible(i, 1);
+			set_cpu_present(i, 1);
 		}
-		set_cpu_possible(i, 1);
-		set_cpu_present(i, 1);
+	} else {
+		__cpu_number_map[0] = boot_cpu;
+		__cpu_logical_map[0] = 0;
+		set_cpu_possible(0, 1);
+		set_cpu_present(0, 1);
 	}
 }