diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 3b168faee794472b054d8eb043a79b5a3dcefb12..05344af50734f36a6eec18d9e7e797d288fff852 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct coretemp_data {
 	struct mutex update_lock;
 	const char *name;
 	u32 id;
+	u16 core_id;
 	char valid;		/* zero until following fields are valid */
 	unsigned long last_updated;	/* in jiffies */
 	int temp;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
 	if (attr->index == SHOW_NAME)
 		ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", data->name);
 	else	/* show label */
-		ret = sprintf(buf, "Core %d\n", data->id);
+		ret = sprintf(buf, "Core %d\n", data->core_id);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -304,6 +305,9 @@ static int __devinit coretemp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	data->id = pdev->id;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	data->core_id = c->cpu_core_id;
+#endif
 	data->name = "coretemp";
 	mutex_init(&data->update_lock);