1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c
index 1a1af9e56250..727659520912 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);