diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index fe29ac7cc469c..533612770bc07 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -811,9 +811,16 @@ extern const DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_all_bits, NR_CPUS);
 /* First bits of cpu_bit_bitmap are in fact unset. */
 #define cpu_none_mask to_cpumask(cpu_bit_bitmap[0])
 
+#if NR_CPUS == 1
+/* Uniprocessor: the possible/online/present masks are always "1" */
+#define for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++)
+#define for_each_online_cpu(cpu)	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++)
+#define for_each_present_cpu(cpu)	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++)
+#else
 #define for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) for_each_cpu((cpu), cpu_possible_mask)
 #define for_each_online_cpu(cpu)   for_each_cpu((cpu), cpu_online_mask)
 #define for_each_present_cpu(cpu)  for_each_cpu((cpu), cpu_present_mask)
+#endif
 
 /* Wrappers for arch boot code to manipulate normally-constant masks */
 void init_cpu_present(const struct cpumask *src);