diff --git a/lib/smp_processor_id.c b/lib/smp_processor_id.c
index eddc9b3d3876..6c90fb90e19c 100644
--- a/lib/smp_processor_id.c
+++ b/lib/smp_processor_id.c
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ unsigned int debug_smp_processor_id(void)
 	if (!printk_ratelimit())
 		goto out_enable;
 
-	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [%08x] code: %s/%d\n", preempt_count(), current->comm, current->pid);
+	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [%08x] "
+			"code: %s/%d\n",
+			preempt_count() - 1, current->comm, current->pid);
 	print_symbol("caller is %s\n", (long)__builtin_return_address(0));
 	dump_stack();