diff --git a/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp b/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
index 378e5aa..f34e555 100644
--- a/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
@@ -3038,15 +3038,7 @@
     KMP_INFORM(AffParseFilename, "KMP_AFFINITY", "system info for topology");
 
   // Get the number of SMT threads per core.
-  int retval =
-      lpar_get_info(LPAR_INFO_FORMAT1, &cpuinfo, sizeof(lpar_info_format1_t));
-  if (!retval)
-    smt_threads = cpuinfo.smt_threads;
-  else {
-    CLEANUP_THREAD_INFO;
-    *msg_id = kmp_i18n_str_UnknownTopology;
-    return false;
-  }
+  smt_threads = syssmt(GET_NUMBER_SMT_SETS, 0, 0, NULL);
 
   // Allocate a resource set containing available system resourses.
   rsethandle_t sys_rset = rs_alloc(RS_SYSTEM);
diff --git a/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.h b/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.h
index 8e9e766..3dc2c84 100644
--- a/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.h
+++ b/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.h
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@
 #include <sys/dr.h>
 #include <sys/rset.h>
 #define VMI_MAXRADS 64 // Maximum number of RADs allowed by AIX.
+#define GET_NUMBER_SMT_SETS 0x0004
+extern "C" int syssmt(int flags, int, int, int *);
 #endif
 class KMPNativeAffinity : public KMPAffinity {
   class Mask : public KMPAffinity::Mask {