break;
 
                case 's':
-                       if (isdigit(*(str+1)))
-                               reboot_cpu = simple_strtoul(str+1, NULL, 0);
-                       else if (str[1] == 'm' && str[2] == 'p' &&
-                                                       isdigit(*(str+3)))
-                               reboot_cpu = simple_strtoul(str+3, NULL, 0);
-                       else
+                       /*
+                        * reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
+                        * to be used for rebooting. Skip 's' or 'smp' prefix.
+                        */
+                       str += str[1] == 'm' && str[2] == 'p' ? 3 : 1;
+
+                       if (isdigit(str[0])) {
+                               int cpu = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
+
+                               if (cpu >= num_possible_cpus()) {
+                                       pr_err("Ignoring the CPU number in reboot= option. "
+                                       "CPU %d exceeds possible cpu number %d\n",
+                                       cpu, num_possible_cpus());
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                               reboot_cpu = cpu;
+                       } else
                                *mode = REBOOT_SOFT;
-                       if (reboot_cpu >= num_possible_cpus()) {
-                               pr_err("Ignoring the CPU number in reboot= option. "
-                                      "CPU %d exceeds possible cpu number %d\n",
-                                      reboot_cpu, num_possible_cpus());
-                               reboot_cpu = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
                        break;
 
                case 'g':