diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
index 72fe01e9e414..a71c4e207679 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
@@ -114,14 +114,11 @@ void numa_clear_node(int cpu)
  */
 void __init setup_node_to_cpumask_map(void)
 {
-	unsigned int node, num = 0;
+	unsigned int node;
 
 	/* setup nr_node_ids if not done yet */
-	if (nr_node_ids == MAX_NUMNODES) {
-		for_each_node_mask(node, node_possible_map)
-			num = node;
-		nr_node_ids = num + 1;
-	}
+	if (nr_node_ids == MAX_NUMNODES)
+		setup_nr_node_ids();
 
 	/* allocate the map */
 	for (node = 0; node < nr_node_ids; node++)