diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
index 7c2282c6ba812496b0637e871427ed22bae81316..a08c536923f95308bf3612b2ad0d51192dd6d5a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos4/platsmp.c
@@ -191,12 +191,10 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_base ? scu_get_core_count(scu_base) : 1;
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "EXYNOS4: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
-		       "maximum of %d - clipping\n",
-		       ncores, NR_CPUS);
-		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
index 1a1af9e56250cf48a484b8f8d1f61ba987540321..72765952091277d2511dc0340021cd5e000108f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i, ncores = get_core_count();
 
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
 		set_cpu_possible(i, true);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
index ce65e9329c7b7ac77c179e7802aa673a6c82328a..889464dc7b2dd95b40d7447611a55d096cf6958a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-smp.c
@@ -109,12 +109,10 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_get_core_count(scu_base);
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "OMAP4: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
-		       "maximum of %d - clipping\n",
-		       ncores, NR_CPUS);
-		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
index 4ae943bafa9299d530629d53707487f87c9a83fb..e83c654a58d0f4540445840e1b7f1af377c12bff 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/platsmp.c
@@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_base ? scu_get_core_count(scu_base) : 1;
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "Realview: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
-		       "maximum of %d - clipping\n",
-		       ncores, NR_CPUS);
-		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
index 66f980625a33e1e05fed0d142abd3fc0090d6c4e..e4e485fa2532b56d21a56e53f4b0815d07230274 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	unsigned int ncores = shmobile_smp_get_core_count();
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
 		set_cpu_possible(i, true);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index 0886cbccddee4ed475fb122d997ac9b7c80d037e..7d2b5d03c1dff6385ec08125e4ffa9d12f2cf8fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i, ncores = scu_get_core_count(scu_base);
 
-	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Tegra: no. of cores (%u) greater than configured (%u), clipping\n",
-			ncores, NR_CPUS);
-		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
index a33df5f4c27a1d33ca534e5b8071ad2677edb7fa..eb5199102cfa344e2edfdb6457226bab758dec13 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/platsmp.c
@@ -156,12 +156,10 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 	ncores = scu_base ? scu_get_core_count(scu_base) : 1;
 
 	/* sanity check */
-	if (ncores > NR_CPUS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "U8500: no. of cores (%d) greater than configured "
-		       "maximum of %d - clipping\n",
-		       ncores, NR_CPUS);
-		ncores = NR_CPUS;
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
index bfd32f52c2dbebf0dbe175ee343dcc37ad78d6f7..2b1e836a76ed77b7f39eaeaecfdd67ab2d3832f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ static void ct_ca9x4_init_cpu_map(void)
 {
 	int i, ncores = scu_get_core_count(MMIO_P2V(A9_MPCORE_SCU));
 
+	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
+		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
+			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
+		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ncores; ++i)
 		set_cpu_possible(i, true);