diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c b/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
index 1ca5269b1e863c8d9b7d9792e1b796a6cb7d8b4e..91a64016956e0d4fdbfc2698e0dd3925def58fe7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 int smp_found_config;
 unsigned int __initdata maxcpus = NR_CPUS;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+#define CPU_HOTPLUG_ENABLED	(1)
+#else
+#define CPU_HOTPLUG_ENABLED	(0)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Various Linux-internal data structures created from the
  * MP-table.
@@ -219,14 +225,18 @@ static void __devinit MP_processor_info (struct mpc_config_processor *m)
 	cpu_set(num_processors, cpu_possible_map);
 	num_processors++;
 
-	if ((num_processors > 8) &&
-	    ((APIC_XAPIC(ver) &&
-	     (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)) ||
-	     (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)))
-		def_to_bigsmp = 1;
-	else
-		def_to_bigsmp = 0;
-
+	if (CPU_HOTPLUG_ENABLED || (num_processors > 8)) {
+		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
+		case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
+			if (!APIC_XAPIC(ver)) {
+				def_to_bigsmp = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* If P4 and above fall through */
+		case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
+			def_to_bigsmp = 1;
+		}
+	}
 	bios_cpu_apicid[num_processors - 1] = m->mpc_apicid;
 }