diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
index d6c8983583713d747790587861318a5fb58eb342..447dd8c5c0e94aead5f75189ec9f8082b1fd2fa2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
@@ -193,9 +193,13 @@ int get_physical_broadcast(void)
  */
 int lapic_get_maxlvt(void)
 {
-	unsigned int v = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
+	unsigned int v;
 
-	/* 82489DXs do not report # of LVT entries. */
+	v = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
+	/*
+	 * - we always have APIC integrated on 64bit mode
+	 * - 82489DXs do not report # of LVT entries
+	 */
 	return APIC_INTEGRATED(GET_APIC_VERSION(v)) ? GET_APIC_MAXLVT(v) : 2;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
index 7f1f030da7ee4c048990eecf9dc00229472028ca..4fa2a8620c265cf31959d224041f11e4eed32e75 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -158,11 +158,14 @@ void __cpuinit enable_NMI_through_LVT0(void)
  */
 int lapic_get_maxlvt(void)
 {
-	unsigned int v, maxlvt;
+	unsigned int v;
 
 	v = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
-	maxlvt = GET_APIC_MAXLVT(v);
-	return maxlvt;
+	/*
+	 * - we always have APIC integrated on 64bit mode
+	 * - 82489DXs do not report # of LVT entries
+	 */
+	return APIC_INTEGRATED(GET_APIC_VERSION(v)) ? GET_APIC_MAXLVT(v) : 2;
 }
 
 /*