diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
index 5be6c4753667..ba42e46ea58e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ extern cpumask_t threads_core_mask;
 /* cpu_thread_mask_to_cores - Return a cpumask of one per cores
  *                            hit by the argument
  *
- * @threads:	a cpumask of threads
+ * @threads:	a cpumask of online threads
  *
- * This function returns a cpumask which will have one "cpu" (or thread)
+ * This function returns a cpumask which will have one online cpu's
  * bit set for each core that has at least one thread set in the argument.
  *
  * This can typically be used for things like IPI for tlb invalidations
@@ -42,13 +42,16 @@ extern cpumask_t threads_core_mask;
 static inline cpumask_t cpu_thread_mask_to_cores(const struct cpumask *threads)
 {
 	cpumask_t	tmp, res;
-	int		i;
+	int		i, cpu;
 
 	cpumask_clear(&res);
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i += threads_per_core) {
 		cpumask_shift_left(&tmp, &threads_core_mask, i);
-		if (cpumask_intersects(threads, &tmp))
-			cpumask_set_cpu(i, &res);
+		if (cpumask_intersects(threads, &tmp)) {
+			cpu = cpumask_next_and(-1, &tmp, cpu_online_mask);
+			if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
+				cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &res);
+		}
 	}
 	return res;
 }