diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index e78c76919111..95f4c0b00b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
 }
 
 static int create_core_attrs(struct temp_data *tdata, struct device *dev,
-			     int attr_no)
+			     int index)
 {
 	int i;
 	static ssize_t (*const rd_ptr[TOTAL_ATTRS]) (struct device *dev,
@@ -431,13 +431,20 @@ static int create_core_attrs(struct temp_data *tdata, struct device *dev,
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < tdata->attr_size; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * We map the attr number to core id of the CPU
+		 * The attr number is always core id + 2
+		 * The Pkgtemp will always show up as temp1_*, if available
+		 */
+		int attr_no = tdata->is_pkg_data ? 1 : tdata->cpu_core_id + 2;
+
 		snprintf(tdata->attr_name[i], CORETEMP_NAME_LENGTH,
 			 "temp%d_%s", attr_no, suffixes[i]);
 		sysfs_attr_init(&tdata->sd_attrs[i].dev_attr.attr);
 		tdata->sd_attrs[i].dev_attr.attr.name = tdata->attr_name[i];
 		tdata->sd_attrs[i].dev_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
 		tdata->sd_attrs[i].dev_attr.show = rd_ptr[i];
-		tdata->sd_attrs[i].index = attr_no;
+		tdata->sd_attrs[i].index = index;
 		tdata->attrs[i] = &tdata->sd_attrs[i].dev_attr.attr;
 	}
 	tdata->attr_group.attrs = tdata->attrs;
@@ -495,26 +502,25 @@ static int create_core_data(struct platform_device *pdev, unsigned int cpu,
 	struct platform_data *pdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	u32 eax, edx;
-	int err, index, attr_no;
+	int err, index;
 
 	if (!housekeeping_cpu(cpu, HK_TYPE_MISC))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * Find attr number for sysfs:
-	 * We map the attr number to core id of the CPU
-	 * The attr number is always core id + 2
-	 * The Pkgtemp will always show up as temp1_*, if available
+	 * Get the index of tdata in pdata->core_data[]
+	 * tdata for package: pdata->core_data[1]
+	 * tdata for core: pdata->core_data[2] .. pdata->core_data[NUM_REAL_CORES + 1]
 	 */
 	if (pkg_flag) {
-		attr_no = PKG_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
+		index = PKG_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
 	} else {
 		index = ida_alloc_max(&pdata->ida, NUM_REAL_CORES - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (index < 0)
 			return index;
 
 		pdata->cpu_map[index] = topology_core_id(cpu);
-		attr_no = index + BASE_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
+		index += BASE_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
 	}
 
 	tdata = init_temp_data(cpu, pkg_flag);
@@ -540,20 +546,20 @@ static int create_core_data(struct platform_device *pdev, unsigned int cpu,
 		if (get_ttarget(tdata, &pdev->dev) >= 0)
 			tdata->attr_size++;
 
-	pdata->core_data[attr_no] = tdata;
+	pdata->core_data[index] = tdata;
 
 	/* Create sysfs interfaces */
-	err = create_core_attrs(tdata, pdata->hwmon_dev, attr_no);
+	err = create_core_attrs(tdata, pdata->hwmon_dev, index);
 	if (err)
 		goto exit_free;
 
 	return 0;
 exit_free:
-	pdata->core_data[attr_no] = NULL;
+	pdata->core_data[index] = NULL;
 	kfree(tdata);
 ida_free:
 	if (!pkg_flag)
-		ida_free(&pdata->ida, index);
+		ida_free(&pdata->ida, index - BASE_SYSFS_ATTR_NO);
 	return err;
 }