1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
index e571351f2a93..57744f4a75b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ static unsigned long apic_phys;
 
 unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
 
-unsigned int __cpuinitdata maxcpus = NR_CPUS;
 /*
  * Get the LAPIC version
  */
@@ -1066,12 +1065,6 @@ void __cpuinit generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
                 return;
         }
 
-        if (num_processors >= maxcpus) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: maxcpus limit of %i reached."
-                       " Processor ignored.\n", maxcpus);
-                return;
-        }
-
         num_processors++;
         cpus_complement(tmp_map, cpu_present_map);
         cpu = first_cpu(tmp_map);