diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index ca7e5337b01ecdac50af9dafaac9effe30f363f4..5aa8e707937786f9d7eafd9f6dae6ce57397c26c 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -6358,10 +6358,8 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
             if (*eax & 31) {
                 int host_vcpus_per_cache = 1 + ((*eax & 0x3FFC000) >> 14);
                 int vcpus_per_socket = cs->nr_cores * cs->nr_threads;
-                if (cs->nr_cores > 1) {
-                    *eax &= ~0xFC000000;
-                    *eax |= (pow2ceil(cs->nr_cores) - 1) << 26;
-                }
+                *eax &= ~0xFC000000;
+                *eax |= (pow2ceil(cs->nr_cores) - 1) << 26;
                 if (host_vcpus_per_cache > vcpus_per_socket) {
                     *eax &= ~0x3FFC000;
                     *eax |= (pow2ceil(vcpus_per_socket) - 1) << 14;