diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 6b26d4deada0..f1961c07af9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -848,9 +848,6 @@ static void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 	numa_add_cpu(smp_processor_id());
 #endif
-
-	/* Cap the iomem address space to what is addressable on all CPUs */
-	iomem_resource.end &= (1ULL << c->x86_phys_bits) - 1;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64