diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/bootinfo.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/bootinfo.h
index ed0910e8b856..e703615ca706 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/bootinfo.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/bootinfo.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ struct loongson_board_info {
 	const char *board_vendor;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The "core" of cores_per_node and cores_per_package stands for a
+ * logical core, which means in a SMT system it stands for a thread.
+ */
 struct loongson_system_configuration {
 	int nr_cpus;
 	int nr_nodes;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
index ae436def7ee9..b00e885d9845 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define SMBIOS_FREQHIGH_OFFSET		0x17
 #define SMBIOS_FREQLOW_MASK		0xFF
 #define SMBIOS_CORE_PACKAGE_OFFSET	0x23
+#define SMBIOS_THREAD_PACKAGE_OFFSET	0x25
 #define LOONGSON_EFI_ENABLE		(1 << 3)
 
 struct screen_info screen_info __section(".data");
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ static void __init parse_cpu_table(const struct dmi_header *dm)
 	cpu_clock_freq = freq_temp * 1000000;
 
 	loongson_sysconf.cpuname = (void *)dmi_string_parse(dm, dmi_data[16]);
-	loongson_sysconf.cores_per_package = *(dmi_data + SMBIOS_CORE_PACKAGE_OFFSET);
+	loongson_sysconf.cores_per_package = *(dmi_data + SMBIOS_THREAD_PACKAGE_OFFSET);
 
 	pr_info("CpuClock = %llu\n", cpu_clock_freq);
 }