diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 99e6115d8e52..9cbb781d6f80 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
  *
  * int any_online_cpu(mask)		First online cpu in mask
  *
- * for_each_cpu(cpu)			for-loop cpu over cpu_possible_map
+ * for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)		for-loop cpu over cpu_possible_map
  * for_each_online_cpu(cpu)		for-loop cpu over cpu_online_map
  * for_each_present_cpu(cpu)		for-loop cpu over cpu_present_map
  *
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask);
 #define any_online_cpu(mask)		0
 #endif
 
-#define for_each_cpu(cpu)	  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_possible_map)
+#define for_each_cpu(cpu)  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_possible_map)
+#define for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_possible_map)
 #define for_each_online_cpu(cpu)  for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_online_map)
 #define for_each_present_cpu(cpu) for_each_cpu_mask((cpu), cpu_present_map)