diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
index 476c93e..db17f49 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
@@ -108,9 +108,16 @@
  */
 static void __cpuinit nlm_init_secondary(void)
 {
+	current_cpu_data.core = hard_smp_processor_id() / 4;
 	nlm_smp_irq_init();
 }
 
+void nlm_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+{
+	/* declare we are SMT capable */
+	smp_num_siblings = nlm_threads_per_core;
+}
+
 void nlm_smp_finish(void)
 {
 #ifdef notyet
@@ -183,10 +190,6 @@
 	nlm_set_nmi_handler(nlm_boot_secondary_cpus);
 }
 
-void nlm_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
-{
-}
-
 static int nlm_parse_cpumask(u32 cpu_mask)
 {
 	uint32_t core0_thr_mask, core_thr_mask;