diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 5b2057ce5..7f6615ef8 100755
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -467,18 +467,14 @@ static int create_core_data(struct platform_device *pdev, unsigned int cpu,
 	if (pkg_flag) {
 		attr_no = PKG_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
 	} else {
-		index = ida_alloc(&pdata->ida, GFP_KERNEL);
+		index = ida_alloc_max(&pdata->ida, NUM_REAL_CORES - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (index < 0)
 			return index;
+
 		pdata->cpu_map[index] = topology_core_id(cpu);
 		attr_no = index + BASE_SYSFS_ATTR_NO;
 	}
 
-	if (attr_no > MAX_CORE_DATA - 1) {
-		err = -ERANGE;
-		goto ida_free;
-	}
-
 	tdata = init_temp_data(cpu, pkg_flag);
 	if (!tdata) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;