diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
index 44238ab2fc99..c37e83b173e9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
@@ -270,9 +270,12 @@ void smtc_configure_tlb(void)
 		 * of their initialization in smtc_cpu_setup().
 		 */
 
-		tlbsiz = tlbsiz & 0x3f;	/* MIPS32 limits TLB indices to 64 */
-		cpu_data[0].tlbsize = tlbsiz;
+		/* MIPS32 limits TLB indices to 64 */
+		if (tlbsiz > 64)
+			tlbsiz = 64;
+		cpu_data[0].tlbsize = current_cpu_data.tlbsize = tlbsiz;
 		smtc_status |= SMTC_TLB_SHARED;
+		local_flush_tlb_all();
 
 		printk("TLB of %d entry pairs shared by %d VPEs\n",
 			tlbsiz, vpes);