diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 7e7f7d243304..a5ae04a57c78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -1851,21 +1851,6 @@ _STATIC(start_here_multiplatform)
 	bl	.__save_cpu_setup
 	sync
 
-	/* Setup a valid physical PACA pointer in SPRG3 for early_setup
-	 * note that boot_cpuid can always be 0 nowadays since there is
-	 * nowhere it can be initialized differently before we reach this
-	 * code
-	 */
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r27, boot_cpuid)
-	add	r27,r27,r26
-	lwz	r27,0(r27)
-
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r24, paca) 	/* Get base vaddr of paca array	 */
-	mulli	r13,r27,PACA_SIZE	/* Calculate vaddr of right paca */
-	add	r13,r13,r24		/* for this processor.		 */
-	add	r13,r13,r26		/* convert to physical addr	 */
-	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG3,r13
-	
 	/* Do very early kernel initializations, including initial hash table,
 	 * stab and slb setup before we turn on relocation.	*/
 
@@ -1934,6 +1919,17 @@ _STATIC(start_here_common)
 	/* Not reached */
 	BUG_OPCODE
 
+/* Put the paca pointer into r13 and SPRG3 */
+_GLOBAL(setup_boot_paca)
+	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r3, boot_cpuid)
+	lwz	r3,0(r3)
+	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, paca) 	/* Get base vaddr of paca array	 */
+	mulli	r3,r3,PACA_SIZE		/* Calculate vaddr of right paca */
+	add	r13,r3,r4		/* for this processor.		 */
+	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG3,r13
+
+	blr
+
 /*
  * We put a few things here that have to be page-aligned.
  * This stuff goes at the beginning of the bss, which is page-aligned.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
index 5d1b708086bd..f505a8827e3e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@ struct lppaca lppaca[] = {
  * processors.  The processor VPD array needs one entry per physical
  * processor (not thread).
  */
-#define PACA_INIT_COMMON(number, start, asrr, asrv)			    \
+#define PACA_INIT_COMMON(number)					    \
 	.lppaca_ptr = &lppaca[number],					    \
 	.lock_token = 0x8000,						    \
 	.paca_index = (number),		/* Paca Index */		    \
 	.kernel_toc = (unsigned long)(&__toc_start) + 0x8000UL,		    \
-	.stab_real = (asrr), 		/* Real pointer to segment table */ \
-	.stab_addr = (asrv),		/* Virt pointer to segment table */ \
-	.cpu_start = (start),		/* Processor start */		    \
 	.hw_cpu_id = 0xffff,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES
@@ -72,30 +69,20 @@ struct lppaca lppaca[] = {
 
 #define PACA_INIT(number)						    \
 {									    \
-	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number, 0, 0, 0)				    \
-	PACA_INIT_ISERIES(number)					    \
-}
-
-#define BOOTCPU_PACA_INIT(number)					    \
-{									    \
-	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number, 1, 0, (u64)&initial_stab)		    \
+	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number)					    \
 	PACA_INIT_ISERIES(number)					    \
 }
 
 #else
 #define PACA_INIT(number)						    \
 {									    \
-	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number, 0, 0, 0)				    \
+	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number)					    \
 }
 
-#define BOOTCPU_PACA_INIT(number)					    \
-{									    \
-	PACA_INIT_COMMON(number, 1, STAB0_PHYS_ADDR, (u64)&initial_stab)    \
-}
 #endif
 
 struct paca_struct paca[] = {
-	BOOTCPU_PACA_INIT(0),
+	PACA_INIT(0),
 #if NR_CPUS > 1
 	PACA_INIT(  1), PACA_INIT(  2), PACA_INIT(  3),
 #if NR_CPUS > 4
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index d63cd562d9d5..5a24415a2e3c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -854,35 +854,70 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
 	DBG(" <- unflatten_device_tree()\n");
 }
 
-
 static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
-					  const char *uname, int depth, void *data)
+					  const char *uname, int depth,
+					  void *data)
 {
-	u32 *prop;
-	unsigned long size;
-	char *type = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "device_type", &size);
+	static int logical_cpuid = 0;
+	char *type = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "device_type", NULL);
+	u32 *prop, *intserv;
+	int i, nthreads;
+	unsigned long len;
+	int found = 0;
 
 	/* We are scanning "cpu" nodes only */
 	if (type == NULL || strcmp(type, "cpu") != 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	boot_cpuid = 0;
-	boot_cpuid_phys = 0;
-	if (initial_boot_params && initial_boot_params->version >= 2) {
-		/* version 2 of the kexec param format adds the phys cpuid
-		 * of booted proc.
-		 */
-		boot_cpuid_phys = initial_boot_params->boot_cpuid_phys;
+	/* Get physical cpuid */
+	intserv = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s", &len);
+	if (intserv) {
+		nthreads = len / sizeof(int);
 	} else {
-		/* Check if it's the boot-cpu, set it's hw index now */
-		if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node,
-					"linux,boot-cpu", NULL) != NULL) {
-			prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", NULL);
-			if (prop != NULL)
-				boot_cpuid_phys = *prop;
-		}
+		intserv = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", NULL);
+		nthreads = 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now see if any of these threads match our boot cpu.
+	 * NOTE: This must match the parsing done in smp_setup_cpu_maps.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * version 2 of the kexec param format adds the phys cpuid of
+		 * booted proc.
+		 */
+		if (initial_boot_params && initial_boot_params->version >= 2) {
+			if (intserv[i] ==
+					initial_boot_params->boot_cpuid_phys) {
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Check if it's the boot-cpu, set it's hw index now,
+			 * unfortunately this format did not support booting
+			 * off secondary threads.
+			 */
+			if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node,
+					"linux,boot-cpu", NULL) != NULL) {
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+		/* logical cpu id is always 0 on UP kernels */
+		logical_cpuid++;
+#endif
+	}
+
+	if (found) {
+		DBG("boot cpu: logical %d physical %d\n", logical_cpuid,
+			intserv[i]);
+		boot_cpuid = logical_cpuid;
+		set_hard_smp_processor_id(boot_cpuid, intserv[i]);
 	}
-	set_hard_smp_processor_id(0, boot_cpuid_phys);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	/* Check if we have a VMX and eventually update CPU features */
@@ -901,16 +936,10 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
-	/*
-	 * Check for an SMT capable CPU and set the CPU feature. We do
-	 * this by looking at the size of the ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s
-	 * property
-	 */
-	prop = (u32 *)of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s",
-				       &size);
-	cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features &= ~CPU_FTR_SMT;
-	if (prop && ((size / sizeof(u32)) > 1))
+	if (nthreads > 1)
 		cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features |= CPU_FTR_SMT;
+	else
+		cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features &= ~CPU_FTR_SMT;
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index c1d62bf11f29..b17630ad4ac7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -352,12 +352,13 @@ void __init check_for_initrd(void)
  * must be called before using this.
  *
  * While we're here, we may as well set the "physical" cpu ids in the paca.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This must match the parsing done in early_init_dt_scan_cpus.
  */
 void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *dn = NULL;
 	int cpu = 0;
-	int swap_cpuid = 0;
 
 	while ((dn = of_find_node_by_type(dn, "cpu")) && cpu < NR_CPUS) {
 		int *intserv;
@@ -376,24 +377,11 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
 		for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < NR_CPUS; j++) {
 			cpu_set(cpu, cpu_present_map);
 			set_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu, intserv[j]);
-
-			if (intserv[j] == boot_cpuid_phys)
-				swap_cpuid = cpu;
 			cpu_set(cpu, cpu_possible_map);
 			cpu++;
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Swap CPU id 0 with boot_cpuid_phys, so we can always assume that
-	 * boot cpu is logical 0.
-	 */
-	if (boot_cpuid_phys != get_hard_smp_processor_id(0)) {
-		u32 tmp;
-		tmp = get_hard_smp_processor_id(0);
-		set_hard_smp_processor_id(0, boot_cpuid_phys);
-		set_hard_smp_processor_id(swap_cpuid, tmp);
-	}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	/*
 	 * On pSeries LPAR, we need to know how many cpus
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 2f3fdad35594..6c9b093c23a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 
 int have_of = 1;
 int boot_cpuid = 0;
-int boot_cpuid_phys = 0;
 dev_t boot_dev;
 u64 ppc64_pft_size;
 
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ static struct machdep_calls __initdata *machines[] = {
 
 void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 {
-	struct paca_struct *lpaca = get_paca();
 	static struct machdep_calls **mach;
 
 	/* Enable early debugging if any specified (see udbg.h) */
@@ -223,6 +221,14 @@ void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 	 */
 	early_init_devtree(__va(dt_ptr));
 
+	/* Now we know the logical id of our boot cpu, setup the paca. */
+	setup_boot_paca();
+
+	/* Fix up paca fields required for the boot cpu */
+	get_paca()->cpu_start = 1;
+	get_paca()->stab_real = __pa((u64)&initial_stab);
+	get_paca()->stab_addr = (u64)&initial_stab;
+
 	/*
 	 * Iterate all ppc_md structures until we find the proper
 	 * one for the current machine type
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SLB))
 			slb_initialize();
 		else
-			stab_initialize(lpaca->stab_real);
+			stab_initialize(get_paca()->stab_real);
 	}
 
 	DBG(" <- early_setup()\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
index eb86cdb9b802..c60d3ff25a2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ nextnode:
 	     np;
 	     np = of_find_node_by_type(np, "cpu")) {
 		ireg = (uint *)get_property(np, "reg", &ilen);
-		if (ireg && ireg[0] == boot_cpuid_phys) {
+		if (ireg && ireg[0] == get_hard_smp_processor_id(boot_cpuid)) {
 			ireg = (uint *)get_property(np, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-gserver#s",
 						    &ilen);
 			i = ilen / sizeof(int);
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h b/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
index 4465b95ebef0..706325f99a84 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
@@ -105,5 +105,7 @@ struct paca_struct {
 
 extern struct paca_struct paca[];
 
+void setup_boot_paca(void);
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PACA_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/smp.h b/include/asm-powerpc/smp.h
index 98581e5a8279..4a716f707cf6 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/smp.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/smp.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #endif
 
 extern int boot_cpuid;
-extern int boot_cpuid_phys;
 
 extern void cpu_die(void);
 
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ extern void smp_release_cpus(void);
 #else
 /* 32-bit */
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+extern int boot_cpuid_phys;
 #define get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu) 	boot_cpuid_phys
 #define set_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu, phys)
 #endif