diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/nlm_hal.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/nlm_hal.c
index 997cd9ee10de..7b277cda31f3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/nlm_hal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/nlm_hal.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ void nlm_node_init(int node)
 	struct nlm_soc_info *nodep;
 
 	nodep = nlm_get_node(node);
+	if (node == 0)
+		nodep->coremask = 1;	/* node 0, boot cpu */
 	nodep->sysbase = nlm_get_sys_regbase(node);
 	nodep->picbase = nlm_get_pic_regbase(node);
 	nodep->ebase = read_c0_ebase() & (~((1 << 12) - 1));
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/wakeup.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/wakeup.c
index 9a92617a2af5..758923865886 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/wakeup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/wakeup.c
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ static void xlp_enable_secondary_cores(const cpumask_t *wakeup_mask)
 		 */
 		syscoremask = (1 << hweight32(~fusemask & mask)) - 1;
 
-		/* The boot cpu */
-		if (n == 0)
-			nodep->coremask = 1;
-
 		pr_info("Node %d - SYS/FUSE coremask %x\n", n, syscoremask);
 		for (core = 0; core < nlm_cores_per_node(); core++) {
 			/* we will be on node 0 core 0 */