diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
index 0801a0f3c156a..ff1dd1dbfe641 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -36,21 +36,23 @@ void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
 	if (mpidr & MPIDR_UP_BITMASK)
 		return;
 
-	/* Create cpu topology mapping based on MPIDR. */
-	if (mpidr & MPIDR_MT_BITMASK) {
-		/* Multiprocessor system : Multi-threads per core */
-		cpuid_topo->thread_id  = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
-		cpuid_topo->core_id    = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1);
-		cpuid_topo->package_id = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 2) |
-					 MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 3) << 8;
-	} else {
-		/* Multiprocessor system : Single-thread per core */
-		cpuid_topo->thread_id  = -1;
-		cpuid_topo->core_id    = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
-		cpuid_topo->package_id = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1) |
-					 MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 2) << 8 |
-					 MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 3) << 16;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * This would be the place to create cpu topology based on MPIDR.
+	 *
+	 * However, it cannot be trusted to depict the actual topology; some
+	 * pieces of the architecture enforce an artificial cap on Aff0 values
+	 * (e.g. GICv3's ICC_SGI1R_EL1 limits it to 15), leading to an
+	 * artificial cycling of Aff1, Aff2 and Aff3 values. IOW, these end up
+	 * having absolutely no relationship to the actual underlying system
+	 * topology, and cannot be reasonably used as core / package ID.
+	 *
+	 * If the MT bit is set, Aff0 *could* be used to define a thread ID, but
+	 * we still wouldn't be able to obtain a sane core ID. This means we
+	 * need to entirely ignore MPIDR for any topology deduction.
+	 */
+	cpuid_topo->thread_id  = -1;
+	cpuid_topo->core_id    = cpuid;
+	cpuid_topo->package_id = cpu_to_node(cpuid);
 
 	pr_debug("CPU%u: cluster %d core %d thread %d mpidr %#016llx\n",
 		 cpuid, cpuid_topo->package_id, cpuid_topo->core_id,