diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 52683fddafaf..12a48a85da3d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ void __init arch_cpu_finalize_init(void)
 	 * identify_boot_cpu() initialized SMT support information, let the
 	 * core code know.
 	 */
-	cpu_smt_check_topology();
+	cpu_smt_set_num_threads(smp_num_siblings, smp_num_siblings);
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) {
 		pr_info("CPU: ");
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu_smt.h b/include/linux/cpu_smt.h
index 722c2e306fef..0c1664294b57 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu_smt.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu_smt.h
@@ -12,15 +12,19 @@ enum cpuhp_smt_control {
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT)
 extern enum cpuhp_smt_control cpu_smt_control;
+extern unsigned int cpu_smt_num_threads;
 extern void cpu_smt_disable(bool force);
-extern void cpu_smt_check_topology(void);
+extern void cpu_smt_set_num_threads(unsigned int num_threads,
+				    unsigned int max_threads);
 extern bool cpu_smt_possible(void);
 extern int cpuhp_smt_enable(void);
 extern int cpuhp_smt_disable(enum cpuhp_smt_control ctrlval);
 #else
 # define cpu_smt_control               (CPU_SMT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+# define cpu_smt_num_threads 1
 static inline void cpu_smt_disable(bool force) { }
-static inline void cpu_smt_check_topology(void) { }
+static inline void cpu_smt_set_num_threads(unsigned int num_threads,
+					   unsigned int max_threads) { }
 static inline bool cpu_smt_possible(void) { return false; }
 static inline int cpuhp_smt_enable(void) { return 0; }
 static inline int cpuhp_smt_disable(enum cpuhp_smt_control ctrlval) { return 0; }
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index b6fe170c93e9..d7dd535cb5b5 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ void __weak arch_smt_update(void) { }
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT
 
 enum cpuhp_smt_control cpu_smt_control __read_mostly = CPU_SMT_ENABLED;
+static unsigned int cpu_smt_max_threads __ro_after_init;
+unsigned int cpu_smt_num_threads __read_mostly = UINT_MAX;
 
 void __init cpu_smt_disable(bool force)
 {
@@ -607,16 +609,33 @@ void __init cpu_smt_disable(bool force)
 		pr_info("SMT: disabled\n");
 		cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_DISABLED;
 	}
+	cpu_smt_num_threads = 1;
 }
 
 /*
  * The decision whether SMT is supported can only be done after the full
  * CPU identification. Called from architecture code.
  */
-void __init cpu_smt_check_topology(void)
+void __init cpu_smt_set_num_threads(unsigned int num_threads,
+				    unsigned int max_threads)
 {
+	WARN_ON(!num_threads || (num_threads > max_threads));
+
 	if (!topology_smt_supported())
 		cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+
+	cpu_smt_max_threads = max_threads;
+
+	/*
+	 * If SMT has been disabled via the kernel command line or SMT is
+	 * not supported, set cpu_smt_num_threads to 1 for consistency.
+	 * If enabled, take the architecture requested number of threads
+	 * to bring up into account.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_smt_control != CPU_SMT_ENABLED)
+		cpu_smt_num_threads = 1;
+	else if (num_threads < cpu_smt_num_threads)
+		cpu_smt_num_threads = num_threads;
 }
 
 static int __init smt_cmdline_disable(char *str)