diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cacheinfo.c
index 4125e53a5ef7..1cfe0921ac67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cacheinfo.c
@@ -1002,11 +1002,6 @@ static void ci_leaf_init(struct cacheinfo *this_leaf,
 
 int init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
-
-	if (!this_cpu_ci)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	this_cpu_ci->num_levels = 3;
 	return 0;
 }