diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
index c5b5c7227837..26e8d20cd072 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
@@ -450,6 +450,11 @@ struct rdt_domain *get_domain_from_cpu(int cpu, struct rdt_resource *r)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+u32 resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(struct rdt_resource *r)
+{
+	return resctrl_to_arch_res(r)->num_closid;
+}
+
 void rdt_ctrl_update(void *arg)
 {
 	struct msr_param *m = arg;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index 5e4a0a8d743c..c4bc5fae5a29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@ struct rdt_parse_data {
  * struct rdt_hw_resource - arch private attributes of a resctrl resource
  * @conf_type:		The type that should be used when configuring. temporary
  * @r_resctrl:		Attributes of the resource used directly by resctrl.
- * @num_closid:		Maximum number of closid this hardware can support.
+ * @num_closid:		Maximum number of closid this hardware can support,
+ *			regardless of CDP. This is exposed via
+ *			resctrl_arch_get_num_closid() to avoid confusion
+ *			with struct resctrl_schema's property of the same name,
+ *			which has been corrected for features like CDP.
  * @msr_base:		Base MSR address for CBMs
  * @msr_update:		Function pointer to update QOS MSRs
  * @mon_scale:		cqm counter * mon_scale = occupancy in bytes
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ struct rdt_parse_data {
 struct rdt_hw_resource {
 	enum resctrl_conf_type	conf_type;
 	struct rdt_resource	r_resctrl;
-	int			num_closid;
+	u32			num_closid;
 	unsigned int		msr_base;
 	void (*msr_update)	(struct rdt_domain *d, struct msr_param *m,
 				 struct rdt_resource *r);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
index 2f29b7d7d602..09ffe9a4a32b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int closids_supported(void)
 static void closid_init(void)
 {
 	struct resctrl_schema *s;
-	int rdt_min_closid = 32;
+	u32 rdt_min_closid = 32;
 
 	/* Compute rdt_min_closid across all resources */
 	list_for_each_entry(s, &resctrl_schema_all, list)
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ static int schemata_list_create(void)
 
 		s->res = r;
 		s->conf_type = resctrl_to_arch_res(r)->conf_type;
-		s->num_closid = resctrl_to_arch_res(r)->num_closid;
+		s->num_closid = resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(r);
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->list);
 		list_add(&s->list, &resctrl_schema_all);
diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
index 59d0fa78bb69..b9d200592e54 100644
--- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ struct resctrl_schema {
 	struct list_head		list;
 	enum resctrl_conf_type		conf_type;
 	struct rdt_resource		*res;
-	int				num_closid;
+	u32				num_closid;
 };
+
+/* The number of closid supported by this resource regardless of CDP */
+u32 resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(struct rdt_resource *r);
+
 #endif /* _RESCTRL_H */