diff -Naurp linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/include/linux/cpuset.h linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/include/linux/cpuset.h
--- linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/include/linux/cpuset.h	2004-08-05 17:22:31.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/include/linux/cpuset.h	2004-08-12 18:58:51.000000000 +0530
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUSETS
 
 extern int cpuset_init(void);
+extern void cpuset_init_smp(void);
 extern void cpuset_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void cpuset_exit(struct task_struct *p);
 extern const cpumask_t cpuset_cpus_allowed(const struct task_struct *p);
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/init/main.c linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/init/main.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/init/main.c	2004-08-05 17:22:31.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/init/main.c	2004-08-12 18:06:54.000000000 +0530
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ static int init(void * unused)
 	smp_init();
 	sched_init_smp();
 
+	cpuset_init_smp();
+
 	/*
 	 * Do this before initcalls, because some drivers want to access
 	 * firmware files.
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/kernel/cpuset.c linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/kernel/cpuset.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3/kernel/cpuset.c	2004-08-11 22:02:47.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc2-mm2-cs3.new/kernel/cpuset.c	2004-08-12 18:55:34.000000000 +0530
@@ -1270,7 +1270,6 @@ int __init cpuset_init(void)
 	struct dentry *root;
 	int err;
 
-	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_possible_map;
 	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_possible_map;
 
 	init_task.cpuset = &top_cpuset;
@@ -1296,6 +1295,17 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
+ * cpuset_init_smp - initialize cpus_allowed
+ *
+ * Description: Initialize cpus_allowed after cpu_possible_map is initialized 
+ **/
+
+void __init cpuset_init_smp(void)
+{
+	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_possible_map;
+}
+
+/**
  * cpuset_fork - attach newly forked task to its parents cpuset.
  * @p: pointer to task_struct of forking parent process.
  *