diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
index 2e82820fbd64..c0107d8ddd8c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct of_drc_info {
 extern int of_read_drc_info_cell(struct property **prop,
 			const __be32 **curval, struct of_drc_info *data);
 
+extern unsigned int boot_cpu_node_count;
 
 /*
  * There are two methods for telling firmware what our capabilities are.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 1eed87d954ba..645f4450dfc3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ int __initdata iommu_is_off;
 int __initdata iommu_force_on;
 unsigned long tce_alloc_start, tce_alloc_end;
 u64 ppc64_rma_size;
+unsigned int boot_cpu_node_count __ro_after_init;
 #endif
 static phys_addr_t first_memblock_size;
 static int __initdata boot_cpu_count;
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
 	if (type == NULL || strcmp(type, "cpu") != 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	boot_cpu_node_count++;
+
 	/* Get physical cpuid */
 	intserv = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s", &len);
 	if (!intserv)