diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fc8351f374fd466b8f9b287a6f5d4a2ec3b0fd32..adaca6fa927d976ce0c7f1d21c630c31a1857cec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1438,6 +1438,24 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	    automatically on SMP systems. )
 	  Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
 
+config HOTPLUG_RESTRICT_TO_BOOTUP_CPUS
+	def_bool n
+	prompt "Restrict CPU hotplugging to processors found during boot" if HOTPLUG_CPU
+	---help---
+	  Say no here to use the default, which allows as many CPUs as are marked
+	  "disabled" by ACPI or MPTABLES to be hotplugged after bootup.
+
+	  Say yes if you do not want to allow CPUs to be added after booting, for
+	  example if you only need CPU hotplugging enabled for suspend/resume.
+
+	  If CPU_HOTPLUG is enabled this value may be overridden at boot time
+	  with the "additional_cpus" kernel parameter.
+
+config HOTPLUG_ADDITIONAL_CPUS
+	int
+	default  0 if !HOTPLUG_CPU || HOTPLUG_RESTRICT_TO_BOOTUP_CPUS
+	default -1
+
 config COMPAT_VDSO
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Compat VDSO support"
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 23913785c26244b4d5648a9b6722b19bb55b716c..857a88bb9195a25d231fe34821eb56f8d7674a0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ void __init native_smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	check_nmi_watchdog();
 }
 
-static int additional_cpus __initdata = -1;
+static int additional_cpus __initdata = CONFIG_HOTPLUG_ADDITIONAL_CPUS;
 
 /*
  * cpu_possible_map should be static, it cannot change as cpu's