diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h
index 58e7874e9347d044f3ddf1c3268fca0c251f1758..4fafeefe65c2a076a6d5683a498e33e18076bc11 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h
@@ -458,10 +458,21 @@ static inline int mips_cm_revision(void)
 static inline unsigned int mips_cm_max_vp_width(void)
 {
 	extern int smp_num_siblings;
+	uint32_t cfg;
 
 	if (mips_cm_revision() >= CM_REV_CM3)
 		return read_gcr_sys_config2() & CM_GCR_SYS_CONFIG2_MAXVPW_MSK;
 
+	if (mips_cm_present()) {
+		/*
+		 * We presume that all cores in the system will have the same
+		 * number of VP(E)s, and if that ever changes then this will
+		 * need revisiting.
+		 */
+		cfg = read_gcr_cl_config() & CM_GCR_Cx_CONFIG_PVPE_MSK;
+		return (cfg >> CM_GCR_Cx_CONFIG_PVPE_SHF) + 1;
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP))
 		return smp_num_siblings;