diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index c77bc3a..b11f06d 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
+/*
+ * Represents all cpu's present in the system
+ * In systems capable of hotplug, this map could dynamically grow
+ * as new cpu's are detected in the system via any platform specific
+ * method, such as ACPI for e.g.
+ */
+cpumask_t cpu_present_map __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_present_map);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+
+/*
+ * Represents all cpu's that are currently online.
+ */
+cpumask_t cpu_online_map __read_mostly = CPU_MASK_ALL;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_online_map);
+
+cpumask_t cpu_possible_map __read_mostly = CPU_MASK_ALL;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_possible_map);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_SMP */
+
 /* Serializes the updates to cpu_online_map, cpu_present_map */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cpu_add_remove_lock);
 
@@ -403,3 +425,5 @@
 	cpu_maps_update_done();
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP */
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */