diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index d369b669fe04..eb533b5c2c8c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ void __init setup_smp(void)
 			found_boot_cpu = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (cpuid >= NR_CPUS) {
+			pr_warn("Invalid cpuid [%d] for hartid [%d]\n",
+				cpuid, hart);
+			break;
+		}
 
 		cpuid_to_hartid_map(cpuid) = hart;
 		set_cpu_possible(cpuid, true);