diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 42f5eb7b4f6c..b9f02383f372 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -821,14 +821,6 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init(int phys_apicid, unsigned long start_eip)
 	return (send_status | accept_status);
 }
 
-void smp_announce(void)
-{
-	int num_nodes = num_online_nodes();
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "x86: Booted up %d node%s, %d CPUs\n",
-	       num_nodes, (num_nodes > 1 ? "s" : ""), num_online_cpus());
-}
-
 /* reduce the number of lines printed when booting a large cpu count system */
 static void announce_cpu(int cpu, int apicid)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 2d1f15d43022..4323c5db7d26 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -546,14 +546,10 @@ void __init setup_nr_cpu_ids(void)
 	nr_cpu_ids = find_last_bit(cpumask_bits(cpu_possible_mask),NR_CPUS) + 1;
 }
 
-void __weak smp_announce(void)
-{
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Brought up %d CPUs\n", num_online_cpus());
-}
-
 /* Called by boot processor to activate the rest. */
 void __init smp_init(void)
 {
+	int num_nodes, num_cpus;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
 	idle_threads_init();
@@ -567,8 +563,13 @@ void __init smp_init(void)
 			cpu_up(cpu);
 	}
 
+	num_nodes = num_online_nodes();
+	num_cpus  = num_online_cpus();
+	pr_info("Brought up %d node%s, %d CPU%s\n",
+		num_nodes, (num_nodes > 1 ? "s" : ""),
+		num_cpus,  (num_cpus  > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+
 	/* Any cleanup work */
-	smp_announce();
 	smp_cpus_done(setup_max_cpus);
 }