printk(KERN_INFO "PERCPU: Allocating %lu bytes of per cpu data\n", size);
        for_each_cpu_mask (i, cpu_possible_map) {
                char *ptr;
+#ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
+               ptr = alloc_bootmem_pages(size);
+#else
+               int node = early_cpu_to_node(i);
 
-               if (!NODE_DATA(early_cpu_to_node(i))) {
-                       printk("cpu with no node %d, num_online_nodes %d\n",
-                              i, num_online_nodes());
+               if (!node_online(node) || !NODE_DATA(node))
                        ptr = alloc_bootmem_pages(size);
-               } else { 
-                       ptr = alloc_bootmem_pages_node(NODE_DATA(early_cpu_to_node(i)), size);
-               }
+               else
+                       ptr = alloc_bootmem_pages_node(NODE_DATA(node), size);
+#endif
                if (!ptr)
                        panic("Cannot allocate cpu data for CPU %d\n", i);
                cpu_pda(i)->data_offset = ptr - __per_cpu_start;