diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index d1676b1754d92d19a2f5b67aa6a5f29b0c2e536f..8f6da9acc8e4060fbf558d3c354097be610bab2a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -305,6 +305,17 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_fadt(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C2].latency = acpi_gbl_FADT.C2latency;
 	pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C3].latency = acpi_gbl_FADT.C3latency;
 
+	/*
+	 * FADT specified C2 latency must be less than or equal to
+	 * 100 microseconds.
+	 */
+	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.C2latency > ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_C2_LATENCY) {
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
+			"C2 latency too large [%d]\n", acpi_gbl_FADT.C2latency));
+		/* invalidate C2 */
+		pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C2].address = 0;
+	}
+
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 			  "lvl2[0x%08x] lvl3[0x%08x]\n",
 			  pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C2].address,
@@ -500,16 +511,6 @@ static void acpi_processor_power_verify_c2(struct acpi_processor_cx *cx)
 	if (!cx->address)
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * C2 latency must be less than or equal to 100
-	 * microseconds.
-	 */
-	else if (cx->latency > ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_C2_LATENCY) {
-		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
-				  "latency too large [%d]\n", cx->latency));
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise we've met all of our C2 requirements.
 	 * Normalize the C2 latency to expidite policy