diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
index 7fe3b3060f08cc8e57f18d3e4ff04519f358d00e..a859ca461fb0432585f952e08337610b1165a204 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 #define APIC_EILVTn(n)	(0x500 + 0x10 * n)
 #define		APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_K8	1	/* # of extended interrupts */
 #define		APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_10H	4
+#define		APIC_EILVT_NR_MAX	APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_10H
 #define		APIC_EILVT_LVTOFF(x)	(((x) >> 4) & 0xF)
 #define		APIC_EILVT_MSG_FIX	0x0
 #define		APIC_EILVT_MSG_SMI	0x2
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 8cf86fb3b4e38a122f6bfd480e3faaf08466aaa9..2bfeafd24f5cca0a2d70458304c1c43287453c66 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <asm/mce.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_para.h>
 #include <asm/tsc.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 unsigned int num_processors;
 
@@ -370,24 +371,88 @@ static void __setup_APIC_LVTT(unsigned int clocks, int oneshot, int irqen)
 }
 
 /*
- * Setup extended LVT, AMD specific (K8, family 10h)
+ * Setup extended LVT, AMD specific
  *
- * Vector mappings are hard coded. On K8 only offset 0 (APIC500) and
- * MCE interrupts are supported. Thus MCE offset must be set to 0.
+ * Software should use the LVT offsets the BIOS provides.  The offsets
+ * are determined by the subsystems using it like those for MCE
+ * threshold or IBS.  On K8 only offset 0 (APIC500) and MCE interrupts
+ * are supported. Beginning with family 10h at least 4 offsets are
+ * available.
  *
- * If mask=1, the LVT entry does not generate interrupts while mask=0
- * enables the vector. See also the BKDGs.
+ * Since the offsets must be consistent for all cores, we keep track
+ * of the LVT offsets in software and reserve the offset for the same
+ * vector also to be used on other cores. An offset is freed by
+ * setting the entry to APIC_EILVT_MASKED.
+ *
+ * If the BIOS is right, there should be no conflicts. Otherwise a
+ * "[Firmware Bug]: ..." error message is generated. However, if
+ * software does not properly determines the offsets, it is not
+ * necessarily a BIOS bug.
  */
 
 #define APIC_EILVT_LVTOFF_MCE 0
 #define APIC_EILVT_LVTOFF_IBS 1
 
-static void setup_APIC_eilvt(u8 lvt_off, u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)
+static atomic_t eilvt_offsets[APIC_EILVT_NR_MAX];
+
+static inline int eilvt_entry_is_changeable(unsigned int old, unsigned int new)
+{
+	return (old & APIC_EILVT_MASKED)
+		|| (new == APIC_EILVT_MASKED)
+		|| ((new & ~APIC_EILVT_MASKED) == old);
+}
+
+static unsigned int reserve_eilvt_offset(int offset, unsigned int new)
+{
+	unsigned int rsvd;			/* 0: uninitialized */
+
+	if (offset >= APIC_EILVT_NR_MAX)
+		return ~0;
+
+	rsvd = atomic_read(&eilvt_offsets[offset]) & ~APIC_EILVT_MASKED;
+	do {
+		if (rsvd &&
+		    !eilvt_entry_is_changeable(rsvd, new))
+			/* may not change if vectors are different */
+			return rsvd;
+		rsvd = atomic_cmpxchg(&eilvt_offsets[offset], rsvd, new);
+	} while (rsvd != new);
+
+	return new;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If mask=1, the LVT entry does not generate interrupts while mask=0
+ * enables the vector. See also the BKDGs.
+ */
+
+static int setup_APIC_eilvt(u8 offset, u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)
 {
-	unsigned long reg = (lvt_off << 4) + APIC_EILVTn(0);
-	unsigned int  v   = (mask << 16) | (msg_type << 8) | vector;
+	unsigned long reg = APIC_EILVTn(offset);
+	unsigned int new, old, reserved;
+
+	new = (mask << 16) | (msg_type << 8) | vector;
+	old = apic_read(reg);
+	reserved = reserve_eilvt_offset(offset, new);
 
-	apic_write(reg, v);
+	if (reserved != new) {
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x, but "
+		       "vector 0x%x was already reserved by another core, "
+		       "APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), new, reserved, reg, old);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!eilvt_entry_is_changeable(old, new)) {
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x but "
+		       "register already in use, APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), new, reg, old);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	apic_write(reg, new);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 u8 setup_APIC_eilvt_mce(u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)