diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
index a0f07bbfcd6e37134e33ec33229d1cf6fd37cc79..3ae29c25ff85584dd3bfdab68eb85d701a44f56b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static void cpu_bringup(void)
 	}
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	smp_store_cpu_info(cpu);
-	cpu_data(cpu).x86_max_cores = 1;
 	set_cpu_sibling_map(cpu);
 
 	speculative_store_bypass_ht_init();
@@ -224,8 +223,6 @@ static void __init xen_pv_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 
 	smp_prepare_cpus_common();
 
-	cpu_data(0).x86_max_cores = 1;
-
 	speculative_store_bypass_ht_init();
 
 	xen_pmu_init(0);