diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index f30256a524be..c440d1af197a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ static inline bool cache_leaves_are_shared(struct cacheinfo *this_leaf,
 {
 	/*
 	 * For non DT/ACPI systems, assume unique level 1 caches,
-	 * system-wide shared caches for all other levels. This will be used
-	 * only if arch specific code has not populated shared_cpu_map
+	 * system-wide shared caches for all other levels.
 	 */
 	if (!(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI)))
-		return !(this_leaf->level == 1);
+		return (this_leaf->level != 1) && (sib_leaf->level != 1);
 
 	if ((sib_leaf->attributes & CACHE_ID) &&
 	    (this_leaf->attributes & CACHE_ID))