diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 07a34d723505..59dc73558fe3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1902,9 +1902,7 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* Init Machine Check Exception if available. */
 	mcheck_cpu_init(c);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	numa_add_cpu(smp_processor_id());
-#endif
 }
 
 /*