diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index 4850e4b02b61..ff386ff50ed7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct pci_bus;
 void set_pci_bus_resources_arch_default(struct pci_bus *b);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define mc_capable()			(boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores > 1)
+#define mc_capable()	(cpus_weight(per_cpu(cpu_core_map, 0)) != nr_cpu_ids)
 #define smt_capable()			(smp_num_siblings > 1)
 #endif