diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
index 12dbd2588ca7..8b1b6ce1e51b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/resctrl.h
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ static inline void resctrl_sched_in(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		__resctrl_sched_in(tsk);
 }
 
-static inline u32 resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx(void)
-{
-	/* RMID are independent numbers for x86. num_rmid_idx == num_rmid */
-	return boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_max_rmid + 1;
-}
-
 static inline void resctrl_arch_rmid_idx_decode(u32 idx, u32 *closid, u32 *rmid)
 {
 	*rmid = idx;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
index 1930fce9dfe9..8591d53c144b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ struct rdt_hw_resource rdt_resources_all[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+u32 resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx(void)
+{
+	struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_L3].r_resctrl;
+
+	/* RMID are independent numbers for x86. num_rmid_idx == num_rmid */
+	return r->num_rmid;
+}
+
 /*
  * cache_alloc_hsw_probe() - Have to probe for Intel haswell server CPUs
  * as they do not have CPUID enumeration support for Cache allocation.
diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
index b0875b99e811..d94abba1c716 100644
--- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ struct resctrl_schema {
 
 /* The number of closid supported by this resource regardless of CDP */
 u32 resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(struct rdt_resource *r);
+u32 resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx(void);
 int resctrl_arch_update_domains(struct rdt_resource *r, u32 closid);
 
 /*