#define        early_per_cpu_ptr(_name) (_name##_early_ptr)
 #define        early_per_cpu_map(_name, _idx) (_name##_early_map[_idx])
 #define        early_per_cpu(_name, _cpu)                              \
-       (early_per_cpu_ptr(_name) ?                             \
-               early_per_cpu_ptr(_name)[_cpu] :                \
-               per_cpu(_name, _cpu))
+       *(early_per_cpu_ptr(_name) ?                            \
+               &early_per_cpu_ptr(_name)[_cpu] :               \
+               &per_cpu(_name, _cpu))
 
 #else  /* !CONFIG_SMP */
 #define        DEFINE_EARLY_PER_CPU(_type, _name, _initvalue)          \
 
 /* Same function but used if called before per_cpu areas are setup */
 static inline int early_cpu_to_node(int cpu)
 {
-       if (early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_node_map))
-               return early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_node_map)[cpu];
-
-       return per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_node_map, cpu);
+       return early_per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_node_map, cpu);
 }
 
 /* Returns a pointer to the cpumask of CPUs on Node 'node'. */
 
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
-       /* are we being called early in kernel startup? */
-       if (early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_apicid)) {
-               u16 *cpu_to_apicid = early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_apicid);
-               u16 *bios_cpu_apicid = early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_bios_cpu_apicid);
-
-               cpu_to_apicid[cpu] = apicid;
-               bios_cpu_apicid[cpu] = apicid;
-       } else {
-               per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) = apicid;
-               per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, cpu) = apicid;
-       }
+       early_per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) = apicid;
+       early_per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, cpu) = apicid;
 #endif
 
        set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);