diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 0810f81f2a05..ff2b2154ac1b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ static void __init init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 	if (cpuid_eax(0x80000000) >= 0x80000008) {
 		c->x86_max_cores = (cpuid_ecx(0x80000008) & 0xff) + 1;
-		if (c->x86_max_cores & (c->x86_max_cores - 1))
-			c->x86_max_cores = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (cpuid_eax(0x80000000) >= 0x80000007) {