diff --git a/include/sysemu/cpus.h b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
index fe992a8946..3728a1ea7e 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/cpus.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
@@ -29,12 +29,9 @@ void qtest_clock_warp(int64_t dest);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 /* vl.c */
+/* *-user doesn't have configurable SMP topology */
 extern int smp_cores;
 extern int smp_threads;
-#else
-/* *-user doesn't have configurable SMP topology */
-#define smp_cores   1
-#define smp_threads 1
 #endif
 
 void list_cpus(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf, const char *optarg);
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 7a5da99222..a5d3b1af75 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -2498,13 +2498,13 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
 
         switch (count) {
         case 0:
-            *eax = apicid_core_offset(smp_cores, smp_threads);
-            *ebx = smp_threads;
+            *eax = apicid_core_offset(cs->nr_cores, cs->nr_threads);
+            *ebx = cs->nr_threads;
             *ecx |= CPUID_TOPOLOGY_LEVEL_SMT;
             break;
         case 1:
-            *eax = apicid_pkg_offset(smp_cores, smp_threads);
-            *ebx = smp_cores * smp_threads;
+            *eax = apicid_pkg_offset(cs->nr_cores, cs->nr_threads);
+            *ebx = cs->nr_cores * cs->nr_threads;
             *ecx |= CPUID_TOPOLOGY_LEVEL_CORE;
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/target-ppc/translate_init.c b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
index 407ccb93a3..b66b40b82f 100644
--- a/target-ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -9943,7 +9943,8 @@ static void ppc_cpu_unrealizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
 int ppc_get_compat_smt_threads(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
-    int ret = MIN(smp_threads, kvmppc_smt_threads());
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
+    int ret = MIN(cs->nr_threads, kvmppc_smt_threads());
 
     switch (cpu->cpu_version) {
     case CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_05: