diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
index c4b633b36dab..44e9547878ac 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -624,31 +624,7 @@ void __devinit smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 	per_cpu(cpu_state, smp_processor_id()) = CPU_ONLINE;
 }
 
-/*
- * mt_info[] is a temporary store for all info returned by
- * PAL_LOGICAL_TO_PHYSICAL, to be copied into cpuinfo_ia64 when the
- * specific cpu comes.
- */
-static struct {
-	__u32   socket_id;
-	__u16   core_id;
-	__u16   thread_id;
-	__u16   proc_fixed_addr;
-	__u8    valid;
-} mt_info[NR_CPUS] __devinitdata;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-static inline void
-remove_from_mtinfo(int cpu)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for_each_cpu(i)
-		if (mt_info[i].valid &&  mt_info[i].socket_id ==
-		    				cpu_data(cpu)->socket_id)
-			mt_info[i].valid = 0;
-}
-
 static inline void
 clear_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
 {
@@ -678,12 +654,6 @@ remove_siblinginfo(int cpu)
 
 	/* remove it from all sibling map's */
 	clear_cpu_sibling_map(cpu);
-
-	/* if this cpu is the last in the core group, remove all its info 
-	 * from mt_info structure
-	 */
-	if (last)
-		remove_from_mtinfo(cpu);
 }
 
 extern void fixup_irqs(void);
@@ -878,40 +848,6 @@ init_smp_config(void)
 		       ia64_sal_strerror(sal_ret));
 }
 
-static inline int __devinit
-check_for_mtinfo_index(void)
-{
-	int i;
-	
-	for_each_cpu(i)
-		if (!mt_info[i].valid)
-			return i;
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
-/*
- * Search the mt_info to find out if this socket's cid/tid information is
- * cached or not. If the socket exists, fill in the core_id and thread_id 
- * in cpuinfo
- */
-static int __devinit
-check_for_new_socket(__u16 logical_address, struct cpuinfo_ia64 *c)
-{
-	int i;
-	__u32 sid = c->socket_id;
-
-	for_each_cpu(i) {
-		if (mt_info[i].valid && mt_info[i].proc_fixed_addr == logical_address
-		    && mt_info[i].socket_id == sid) {
-			c->core_id = mt_info[i].core_id;
-			c->thread_id = mt_info[i].thread_id;
-			return 1; /* not a new socket */
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * identify_siblings(cpu) gets called from identify_cpu. This populates the 
  * information related to logical execution units in per_cpu_data structure.
@@ -921,14 +857,12 @@ identify_siblings(struct cpuinfo_ia64 *c)
 {
 	s64 status;
 	u16 pltid;
-	u64 proc_fixed_addr;
-	int count, i;
 	pal_logical_to_physical_t info;
 
 	if (smp_num_cpucores == 1 && smp_num_siblings == 1)
 		return;
 
-	if ((status = ia64_pal_logical_to_phys(0, &info)) != PAL_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+	if ((status = ia64_pal_logical_to_phys(-1, &info)) != PAL_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ia64_pal_logical_to_phys failed with %ld\n",
 		       status);
 		return;
@@ -937,47 +871,12 @@ identify_siblings(struct cpuinfo_ia64 *c)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ia64_sal_pltid failed with %ld\n", status);
 		return;
 	}
-	if ((status = ia64_pal_fixed_addr(&proc_fixed_addr)) != PAL_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "ia64_pal_fixed_addr failed with %ld\n", status);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	c->socket_id =  (pltid << 8) | info.overview_ppid;
 	c->cores_per_socket = info.overview_cpp;
 	c->threads_per_core = info.overview_tpc;
-	count = c->num_log = info.overview_num_log;
+	c->num_log = info.overview_num_log;
 
-	/* If the thread and core id information is already cached, then
-	 * we will simply update cpu_info and return. Otherwise, we will
-	 * do the PAL calls and cache core and thread id's of all the siblings.
-	 */
-	if (check_for_new_socket(proc_fixed_addr, c))
-		return;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		int index;
-
-		if (i && (status = ia64_pal_logical_to_phys(i, &info))
-			  != PAL_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-                	printk(KERN_ERR "ia64_pal_logical_to_phys failed"
-					" with %ld\n", status);
-                	return;
-		}
-		if (info.log2_la == proc_fixed_addr) {
-			c->core_id = info.log1_cid;
-			c->thread_id = info.log1_tid;
-		}
-
-		index = check_for_mtinfo_index();
-		/* We will not do the mt_info caching optimization in this case.
-		 */
-		if (index < 0)
-			continue;
-
-		mt_info[index].valid = 1;
-		mt_info[index].socket_id = c->socket_id;
-		mt_info[index].core_id = info.log1_cid;
-		mt_info[index].thread_id = info.log1_tid;
-		mt_info[index].proc_fixed_addr = info.log2_la;
-	}
+	c->core_id = info.log1_cid;
+	c->thread_id = info.log1_tid;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
index 7708ec669a33..4e7e6f23b08c 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
@@ -1640,8 +1640,7 @@ ia64_pal_logical_to_phys(u64 proc_number, pal_logical_to_physical_t *mapping)
 
 	if (iprv.status == PAL_STATUS_SUCCESS)
 	{
-		if (proc_number == 0)
-			mapping->overview.overview_data = iprv.v0;
+		mapping->overview.overview_data = iprv.v0;
 		mapping->ppli1.ppli1_data = iprv.v1;
 		mapping->ppli2.ppli2_data = iprv.v2;
 	}