diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cacheinfo.c
index 97d5239ca47b..428ef2189203 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cacheinfo.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static int __populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (c->tcache.waysize)
 		populate_cache(tcache, this_leaf, 3, CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED);
 
+	this_cpu_ci->cpu_map_populated = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }