diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 077fbd182adf..7c74b318f635 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -873,51 +873,47 @@ static char *cpu_slot_to_string(const CPUArchId *cpu)
 static void machine_numa_finish_cpu_init(MachineState *machine)
 {
     int i;
-    bool default_mapping;
+    bool default_mapping = true;
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     const CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(machine);
+    const CPUArchId *cpu_slot;
 
     assert(nb_numa_nodes);
     for (i = 0; i < possible_cpus->len; i++) {
-        if (possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.has_node_id) {
-            break;
+        cpu_slot = &possible_cpus->cpus[i];
+
+        if (cpu_slot->props.has_node_id) {
+            default_mapping = false;
+        } else {
+            /* record slots with not set mapping, */
+            char *cpu_str = cpu_slot_to_string(cpu_slot);
+            g_string_append_printf(s, "%sCPU %d [%s]",
+                                   s->len ? ", " : "", i, cpu_str);
+            g_free(cpu_str);
         }
     }
-    default_mapping = (i == possible_cpus->len);
+    if (!default_mapping && s->len && !qtest_enabled()) {
+        error_report("CPU(s) not present in any NUMA nodes: %s", s->str);
+        error_report("All CPU(s) up to maxcpus must be described "
+                    "in NUMA config");
+        g_string_free(s, true);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    g_string_free(s, true);
 
     for (i = 0; i < possible_cpus->len; i++) {
-        const CPUArchId *cpu_slot = &possible_cpus->cpus[i];
+        cpu_slot = &possible_cpus->cpus[i];
 
         if (!cpu_slot->props.has_node_id) {
             /* fetch default mapping from board and enable it */
             CpuInstanceProperties props = cpu_slot->props;
 
             props.node_id = mc->get_default_cpu_node_id(machine, i);
-            if (!default_mapping) {
-                /* record slots with not set mapping,
-                 * TODO: make it hard error in future */
-                char *cpu_str = cpu_slot_to_string(cpu_slot);
-                g_string_append_printf(s, "%sCPU %d [%s]",
-                                       s->len ? ", " : "", i, cpu_str);
-                g_free(cpu_str);
-
-                /* non mapped cpus used to fallback to node 0 */
-                props.node_id = 0;
-            }
-
             props.has_node_id = true;
             machine_set_cpu_numa_node(machine, &props, &error_fatal);
         }
     }
-    if (s->len && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        warn_report("CPU(s) not present in any NUMA nodes: %s",
-                    s->str);
-        warn_report("All CPU(s) up to maxcpus should be described "
-                    "in NUMA config, ability to start up with partial NUMA "
-                    "mappings is obsoleted and will be removed in future");
-    }
-    g_string_free(s, true);
 }
 
 void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine)
diff --git a/tests/numa-test.c b/tests/numa-test.c
index 9824fdd5875e..5280573fc992 100644
--- a/tests/numa-test.c
+++ b/tests/numa-test.c
@@ -55,25 +55,6 @@ static void test_mon_default(const void *data)
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
-static void test_mon_partial(const void *data)
-{
-    char *s;
-    char *cli;
-
-    cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 8 "
-                   "-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1 "
-                   "-numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=4-5 ");
-    qtest_start(cli);
-
-    s = hmp("info numa");
-    g_assert(strstr(s, "node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3 6 7"));
-    g_assert(strstr(s, "node 1 cpus: 4 5"));
-    g_free(s);
-
-    qtest_end();
-    g_free(cli);
-}
-
 static QList *get_cpus(QDict **resp)
 {
     *resp = qmp("{ 'execute': 'query-cpus' }");
@@ -333,7 +314,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     qtest_add_data_func("/numa/mon/default", args, test_mon_default);
     qtest_add_data_func("/numa/mon/cpus/explicit", args, test_mon_explicit);
-    qtest_add_data_func("/numa/mon/cpus/partial", args, test_mon_partial);
     qtest_add_data_func("/numa/qmp/cpus/query-cpus", args, test_query_cpus);
 
     if (!strcmp(arch, "i386") || !strcmp(arch, "x86_64")) {
