diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
index d651102a4d4579434ce01fe3bd6f27c9108629c9..b47821931ca615c735e66118953cae7a364767b0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ ia64_acpi_release_global_lock (unsigned int *lock)
 	((Acq) = ia64_acpi_release_global_lock(&facs->global_lock))
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_ACPI
+extern int acpi_lapic;
 #define acpi_disabled 0	/* ACPI always enabled on IA64 */
 #define acpi_noirq 0	/* ACPI always enabled on IA64 */
 #define acpi_pci_disabled 0 /* ACPI PCI always enabled on IA64 */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 0d407b300762d5fd5e7224bdfc8dc910485603b2..615ef81def494ee804deb7252e343dee3cbd7e56 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 #define PREFIX			"ACPI: "
 
+int acpi_lapic;
 unsigned int acpi_cpei_override;
 unsigned int acpi_cpei_phys_cpuid;
 
@@ -676,6 +677,8 @@ int __init early_acpi_boot_init(void)
 	if (ret < 1)
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
 		       "Error parsing MADT - no LAPIC entries\n");
+	else
+		acpi_lapic = 1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (available_cpus == 0) {