diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
index 47081a9e13ca..03b3d010cbab 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern u32 *cpu_to_phys_id;
 extern bool coregroup_enabled;
 
 extern int cpu_to_chip_id(int cpu);
+extern int *chip_id_lookup_table;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index a8b2d6bfc1ca..fbe9deebc8e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 #define DBG(fmt...)
 #endif
 
+int *chip_id_lookup_table;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 int __initdata iommu_is_off;
 int __initdata iommu_force_on;
@@ -914,13 +916,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_ibm_chip_id);
 int cpu_to_chip_id(int cpu)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
+	int ret = -1, idx;
+
+	idx = cpu / threads_per_core;
+	if (chip_id_lookup_table && chip_id_lookup_table[idx] != -1)
+		return chip_id_lookup_table[idx];
 
 	np = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
-	if (!np)
-		return -1;
+	if (np) {
+		ret = of_get_ibm_chip_id(np);
+		of_node_put(np);
 
-	of_node_put(np);
-	return of_get_ibm_chip_id(np);
+		if (chip_id_lookup_table)
+			chip_id_lookup_table[idx] = ret;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_to_chip_id);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index f8576a2f34a0..ad3e97472679 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,20 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 				cpu_smallcore_mask(boot_cpuid));
 	}
 
+	if (cpu_to_chip_id(boot_cpuid) != -1) {
+		int idx = num_possible_cpus() / threads_per_core;
+
+		/*
+		 * All threads of a core will all belong to the same core,
+		 * chip_id_lookup_table will have one entry per core.
+		 * Assumption: if boot_cpuid doesn't have a chip-id, then no
+		 * other CPUs, will also not have chip-id.
+		 */
+		chip_id_lookup_table = kcalloc(idx, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (chip_id_lookup_table)
+			memset(chip_id_lookup_table, -1, sizeof(int) * idx);
+	}
+
 	if (smp_ops && smp_ops->probe)
 		smp_ops->probe();
 }
@@ -1468,8 +1482,8 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpumask *(*submask_fn)(int) = cpu_sibling_mask;
 	int first_thread = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
-	int chip_id = cpu_to_chip_id(cpu);
 	cpumask_var_t mask;
+	int chip_id = -1;
 	bool ret;
 	int i;
 
@@ -1492,7 +1506,10 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
 	if (has_coregroup_support())
 		update_coregroup_mask(cpu, &mask);
 
-	if (chip_id == -1 || !ret) {
+	if (chip_id_lookup_table && ret)
+		chip_id = cpu_to_chip_id(cpu);
+
+	if (chip_id == -1) {
 		cpumask_copy(per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu), cpu_cpu_mask(cpu));
 		goto out;
 	}