diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 3a97a4cf1872..3b5f3271e730 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -423,6 +423,14 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 	early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_node_map) = NULL;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
+	/*
+	 * make sure boot cpu node_number is right, when boot cpu is on the
+	 * node that doesn't have mem installed
+	 */
+	per_cpu(node_number, boot_cpu_id) = cpu_to_node(boot_cpu_id);
+#endif
+
 	/* Setup node to cpumask map */
 	setup_node_to_cpumask_map();