diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4c20fff8c13..166b8c49257 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int nr_processes(void)
 	int cpu;
 	int total = 0;
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		total += per_cpu(process_counts, cpu);
 
 	return total;