diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 17089a041028d5447f2c20503b10dd1058b030d5..af045ca0f653e7587fdd39dac737877ba0ebe17f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -2256,14 +2256,12 @@ static int __init apm_init(void)
 		apm_info.disabled = 1;
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	if (PM_IS_ACTIVE()) {
+	if (pm_flags & PM_ACPI) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "apm: overridden by ACPI.\n");
 		apm_info.disabled = 1;
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_LEGACY
-	pm_active = 1;
-#endif
+	pm_flags |= PM_APM;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up a segment that references the real mode segment 0x40
@@ -2366,9 +2364,7 @@ static void __exit apm_exit(void)
 		kthread_stop(kapmd_task);
 		kapmd_task = NULL;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_LEGACY
-	pm_active = 0;
-#endif
+	pm_flags &= ~PM_APM;
 }
 
 module_init(apm_init);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 49d432d0a12c6d7682b5325015f6612124058d19..d7a115c362d1b53c84a61164c51ff24036684b28 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
-#include <linux/pm_legacy.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
@@ -764,16 +763,14 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 	result = acpi_bus_init();
 
 	if (!result) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_LEGACY
-		if (!PM_IS_ACTIVE())
-			pm_active = 1;
+		if (!(pm_flags & PM_APM))
+			pm_flags |= PM_ACPI;
 		else {
 			printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
 			       "APM is already active, exiting\n");
 			disable_acpi();
 			result = -ENODEV;
 		}
-#endif
 	} else
 		disable_acpi();
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index 09a309b7b5d2d4565b48b1eb5f59acd5c13265fe..b78e0295adf4342732b42d8ffd588a48771e2b79 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@ static inline int call_platform_enable_wakeup(struct device *dev, int is_on)
 		device_set_wakeup_enable(dev,val); \
 	} while(0)
 
+/*
+ * Global Power Management flags
+ * Used to keep APM and ACPI from both being active
+ */
+extern unsigned int	pm_flags;
+
+#define PM_APM	1
+#define PM_ACPI	2
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PM_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_legacy.h b/include/linux/pm_legacy.h
index 514729a446888e21dee4289db2ea4e71f80f6eaa..446f4f42b952894b3ffe1c2cb2cf91780e86ee33 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_legacy.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_legacy.h
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_LEGACY
 
-extern int pm_active;
-
-#define PM_IS_ACTIVE() (pm_active != 0)
-
 /*
  * Register a device with power management
  */
@@ -21,8 +17,6 @@ int __deprecated pm_send_all(pm_request_t rqst, void *data);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PM_LEGACY */
 
-#define PM_IS_ACTIVE() 0
-
 static inline struct pm_dev *pm_register(pm_dev_t type,
 					 unsigned long id,
 					 pm_callback callback)
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 3cdf95b1dc92af97e13e8a6c68c4e0a6f8d42153..f71c9504a5c5edd9a91b617ba9595e9c40e1ff1d 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(pm_chain_head);
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(pm_mutex);
 
+unsigned int pm_flags;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_flags);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
 
 /* This is just an arbitrary number */
diff --git a/kernel/power/pm.c b/kernel/power/pm.c
index c50d15266c1096d42d61e296ea4da13d34cb57ec..60c73fa670d5a65b38f454c941201a22b7d4bf35 100644
--- a/kernel/power/pm.c
+++ b/kernel/power/pm.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
-int pm_active;
-
 /*
  *	Locking notes:
  *		pm_devs_lock can be a semaphore providing pm ops are not called
@@ -204,6 +202,4 @@ int pm_send_all(pm_request_t rqst, void *data)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_send_all);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_active);
-