diff --git a/cpu/mpc85xx/fdt.c b/cpu/mpc85xx/fdt.c
index 8366379ab6..723f473dab 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc85xx/fdt.c
+++ b/cpu/mpc85xx/fdt.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 extern void ft_qe_setup(void *blob);
+extern void ft_fixup_num_cores(void *blob);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP
 #include "mp.h"
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ void ft_cpu_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP
 	ft_fixup_cpu(blob, (u64)bd->bi_memstart + (u64)bd->bi_memsize);
 #endif
+	ft_fixup_num_cores(blob);
 
 	ft_fixup_cache(blob);
 
diff --git a/cpu/mpc86xx/fdt.c b/cpu/mpc86xx/fdt.c
index a36ee30c3f..51f3f4c220 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc86xx/fdt.c
+++ b/cpu/mpc86xx/fdt.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+extern void ft_fixup_num_cores(void *blob);
+
 void ft_cpu_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP
@@ -54,4 +56,5 @@ void ft_cpu_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 	if (off < 0)
 		printf("%s: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, fdt_strerror(off));
 #endif
+	ft_fixup_num_cores(blob);
 }
diff --git a/cpu/mpc8xxx/Makefile b/cpu/mpc8xxx/Makefile
index 5cb6814403..481f9e541d 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc8xxx/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/mpc8xxx/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 LIB	= $(obj)lib8xxx.a
 
 COBJS-y	+= cpu.o
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT) += fdt.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= pci_cfg.o
 
 SRCS	:= $(START:.o=.S) $(SOBJS-y:.o=.S) $(COBJS-y:.o=.c)
diff --git a/cpu/mpc8xxx/fdt.c b/cpu/mpc8xxx/fdt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a9b5841b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/mpc8xxx/fdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is derived from cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c and cpu/mpc86xx/cpu.c.
+ * Basically this file contains cpu specific common code for 85xx/86xx
+ * processors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <libfdt.h>
+#include <fdt_support.h>
+
+void ft_fixup_num_cores(void *blob) {
+	int off, num_cores, del_cores;
+
+	del_cores = 0;
+	num_cores = cpu_numcores();
+
+	off = fdt_node_offset_by_prop_value(blob, -1, "device_type", "cpu", 4);
+	while (off != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND) {
+		u32 *reg = (u32 *)fdt_getprop(blob, off, "reg", 0);
+
+		/* if we find a cpu node outside of what we expect delete it
+		 * and reset the offset back to the start since we can't
+		 * trust the offsets anymore
+		 */
+		if (*reg > num_cores-1) {
+			fdt_del_node(blob, off);
+			del_cores++;
+			off = -1;
+		}
+		off = fdt_node_offset_by_prop_value(blob, off,
+				"device_type", "cpu", 4);
+	}
+	debug ("%x core system found\n", num_cores);
+	debug ("deleted %d extra core entry entries from device tree\n",
+								del_cores);
+}