diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 72ecb0c..6ac05b3 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@
 #define ACPI_BUILD_DPRINTF(fmt, ...)
 #endif
 
-typedef struct AcpiCpuInfo {
-    DECLARE_BITMAP(found_cpus, ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
-} AcpiCpuInfo;
-
 typedef struct AcpiMcfgInfo {
     uint64_t mcfg_base;
     uint32_t mcfg_size;
@@ -122,31 +118,6 @@ typedef struct AcpiBuildPciBusHotplugState {
     bool pcihp_bridge_en;
 } AcpiBuildPciBusHotplugState;
 
-static
-int acpi_add_cpu_info(Object *o, void *opaque)
-{
-    AcpiCpuInfo *cpu = opaque;
-    uint64_t apic_id;
-
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(o, TYPE_CPU)) {
-        apic_id = object_property_get_int(o, "apic-id", NULL);
-        assert(apic_id < ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
-
-        set_bit(apic_id, cpu->found_cpus);
-    }
-
-    object_child_foreach(o, acpi_add_cpu_info, opaque);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void acpi_get_cpu_info(AcpiCpuInfo *cpu)
-{
-    Object *root = object_get_root();
-
-    memset(cpu->found_cpus, 0, sizeof cpu->found_cpus);
-    object_child_foreach(root, acpi_add_cpu_info, cpu);
-}
-
 static void acpi_get_pm_info(AcpiPmInfo *pm)
 {
     Object *piix = piix4_pm_find();
@@ -969,7 +940,7 @@ static Aml *build_crs(PCIHostState *host,
 }
 
 static void build_processor_devices(Aml *sb_scope, MachineState *machine,
-                                    AcpiCpuInfo *cpu, AcpiPmInfo *pm)
+                                    AcpiPmInfo *pm)
 {
     int i;
     Aml *dev;
@@ -981,7 +952,9 @@ static void build_processor_devices(Aml *sb_scope, MachineState *machine,
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     GArray *apic_id_list = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids();
     PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(machine);
+    DECLARE_BITMAP(found_cpus, ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
 
+    memset(found_cpus, 0, sizeof found_cpus);
     /* The current AML generator can cover the APIC ID range [0..255],
      * inclusive, for VCPU hotplug. */
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT > 256);
@@ -1015,6 +988,14 @@ static void build_processor_devices(Aml *sb_scope, MachineState *machine,
         int apic_id = id.arch_id;
 
         assert(apic_id < ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
+        /*
+         * prefill present CPUs bitmap which will be used
+         * later for generating sparse CPU_ON_BITMAP
+         */
+        if (id.cpu != NULL) {
+            set_bit(apic_id, found_cpus);
+        }
+
         dev = aml_processor(apic_id, 0, 0, "CP%.02X", apic_id);
 
         method = aml_method("_MAT", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
@@ -1065,7 +1046,7 @@ static void build_processor_devices(Aml *sb_scope, MachineState *machine,
                                        aml_varpackage(pcms->apic_id_limit);
 
     for (i = 0; i < pcms->apic_id_limit; i++) {
-        uint8_t b = test_bit(i, cpu->found_cpus) ? 0x01 : 0x00;
+        uint8_t b = test_bit(i, found_cpus) ? 0x01 : 0x00;
         aml_append(pkg, aml_int(b));
     }
     aml_append(sb_scope, aml_name_decl(CPU_ON_BITMAP, pkg));
@@ -1990,7 +1971,7 @@ static Aml *build_q35_osc_method(void)
 
 static void
 build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
-           AcpiCpuInfo *cpu, AcpiPmInfo *pm, AcpiMiscInfo *misc,
+           AcpiPmInfo *pm, AcpiMiscInfo *misc,
            PcPciInfo *pci, MachineState *machine)
 {
     CrsRangeEntry *entry;
@@ -2297,7 +2278,7 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
 
     sb_scope = aml_scope("\\_SB");
     {
-        build_processor_devices(sb_scope, machine, cpu, pm);
+        build_processor_devices(sb_scope, machine, pm);
 
         build_memory_devices(sb_scope, nr_mem, pm->mem_hp_io_base,
                              pm->mem_hp_io_len);
@@ -2651,7 +2632,6 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables)
     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
     GArray *table_offsets;
     unsigned facs, dsdt, rsdt, fadt;
-    AcpiCpuInfo cpu;
     AcpiPmInfo pm;
     AcpiMiscInfo misc;
     AcpiMcfgInfo mcfg;
@@ -2662,7 +2642,6 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables)
     AcpiSlicOem slic_oem = { .id = NULL, .table_id = NULL };
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
-    acpi_get_cpu_info(&cpu);
     acpi_get_pm_info(&pm);
     acpi_get_misc_info(&misc);
     acpi_get_pci_info(&pci);
@@ -2686,7 +2665,7 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables)
 
     /* DSDT is pointed to by FADT */
     dsdt = tables_blob->len;
-    build_dsdt(tables_blob, tables->linker, &cpu, &pm, &misc, &pci, machine);
+    build_dsdt(tables_blob, tables->linker, &pm, &misc, &pci, machine);
 
     /* Count the size of the DSDT and SSDT, we will need it for legacy
      * sizing of ACPI tables.
