#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
        boot_cpu_physical_apicid = GET_APIC_ID(read_apic_id());
 #endif
-       phys_cpu_present_map = physid_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
+       physid_set_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid, &phys_cpu_present_map);
 
        setup_local_APIC();
 
 
 
        verify_local_APIC();
 
-       phys_cpu_present_map = physid_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
+       physid_set_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid, &phys_cpu_present_map);
        apic_write(APIC_ID, SET_APIC_ID(boot_cpu_physical_apicid));
 
        setup_local_APIC();
 
        smpboot_clear_io_apic_irqs();
 #endif
        if (smp_found_config)
-               phys_cpu_present_map =
-                               physid_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
+               physid_set_mask_of_physid(boot_cpu_physical_apicid, &phys_cpu_present_map);
        else
-               phys_cpu_present_map = physid_mask_of_physid(0);
+               physid_set_mask_of_physid(0, &phys_cpu_present_map);
        map_cpu_to_logical_apicid();
        cpu_set(0, per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, 0));
        cpu_set(0, per_cpu(cpu_core_map, 0));
 
                __physid_mask;                                          \
        })
 
+/* Note: will create very large stack frames if physid_mask_t is big */
 #define physid_mask_of_physid(physid)                                  \
        ({                                                              \
                physid_mask_t __physid_mask = PHYSID_MASK_NONE;         \
                __physid_mask;                                          \
        })
 
+static inline void physid_set_mask_of_physid(int physid, physid_mask_t *map)
+{
+       physids_clear(*map);
+       physid_set(physid, *map);
+}
+
 #define PHYSID_MASK_ALL                { {[0 ... PHYSID_ARRAY_SIZE-1] = ~0UL} }
 #define PHYSID_MASK_NONE       { {[0 ... PHYSID_ARRAY_SIZE-1] = 0UL} }