diff --git a/src/smp.c b/src/smp.c
index 324a8aaa05ea..0b5ca4f8e950 100644
--- a/src/smp.c
+++ b/src/smp.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ void smp_start_secondaries(void)
         cpu_nodes[cpu_id] = node;
     }

+    int this_cpu = 1;
     for (int i = 1; i < MAX_CPUS; i++) {
         int node = cpu_nodes[i];

@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ void smp_start_secondaries(void)
         if (ADT_GETPROP_ARRAY(adt, node, "cpu-impl-reg", cpu_impl_reg) < 0)
             continue;

-        smp_start_cpu(i, reg >> 8, reg & 0xff, cpu_impl_reg[0], pmgr_reg + CPU_START_OFF);
+        smp_start_cpu(this_cpu, reg >> 8, reg & 0xff, cpu_impl_reg[0], pmgr_reg + CPU_START_OFF);
+	this_cpu++;
     }

     spin_table[0].mpidr = mrs(MPIDR_EL1) & 0xFFFFFF;