diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 0ced1870ed40..dfe6847fd99e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
 	 */
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
 		/* assume multi socket systems are not synchronized: */
-		if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
+		if (topology_max_packages() > 1)
 			return 1;
 	}