diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9578d68e606e..5d175ec69885 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8a541665b9063c5006b370d4488cf9f6beb6083f
+refs/heads/master: 649c6653fa94ec8f3ea32b19c97b790ec4e8e4ac
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index fb04e49776ba..a84ac7b570e6 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
 					    _text, _etext);
 
 		/* Only switch to UP mode if we don't immediately boot others */
-		if (num_possible_cpus() == 1 || setup_max_cpus <= 1)
+		if (num_present_cpus() == 1 || setup_max_cpus <= 1)
 			alternatives_smp_switch(0);
 	}
 #endif