Index: kernel/arch/sparc64/src/sparc64.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/arch/sparc64/src/sparc64.c	(revision 8e8c1a5a8422819c5ec8b1e633c4d302de9e5dd9)
+++ kernel/arch/sparc64/src/sparc64.c	(revision 3bf41438f48cc6db2fe1c247261beb4057bb9725)
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
 void arch_post_smp_init(void)
 {
-	thread_t *t;
+	static thread_t *t = NULL;
 
-	if (config.cpu_active == 1) {
+
+	if (!t) {
 		/*
 	         * Create thread that polls keyboard.