diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
index ce1d54c8a433..3e094af443c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct bau_msg_payload {
 struct bau_msg_header {
 	unsigned int dest_subnodeid:6;	/* must be 0x10, for the LB */
 	/* bits 5:0 */
-	unsigned int base_dest_nodeid:15; /* nasid (pnode<<1) of */
+	unsigned int base_dest_nodeid:15; /* nasid of the */
 	/* bits 20:6 */			  /* first bit in uvhub map */
 	unsigned int command:8;	/* message type */
 	/* bits 28:21 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index df58e9cad96a..a7b38d35c29a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -1364,11 +1364,11 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, int pnode)
 		memset(bd2, 0, sizeof(struct bau_desc));
 		bd2->header.sw_ack_flag = 1;
 		/*
-		 * base_dest_nodeid is the nasid (pnode<<1) of the first uvhub
+		 * base_dest_nodeid is the nasid of the first uvhub
 		 * in the partition. The bit map will indicate uvhub numbers,
 		 * which are 0-N in a partition. Pnodes are unique system-wide.
 		 */
-		bd2->header.base_dest_nodeid = uv_partition_base_pnode << 1;
+		bd2->header.base_dest_nodeid = UV_PNODE_TO_NASID(uv_partition_base_pnode);
 		bd2->header.dest_subnodeid = 0x10; /* the LB */
 		bd2->header.command = UV_NET_ENDPOINT_INTD;
 		bd2->header.int_both = 1;