diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
index 410c5dadcee31930f8c30ddaeb1b4c940835a081..3a4b12809ab5f810f5a8657bfcc3f7521450e645 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ static inline void __init construct_default_ISA_mptable(int mpc_default_type)
 }
 
 static unsigned long mpf_base;
+static bool mpf_found;
 
 static unsigned long __init get_mpc_size(unsigned long physptr)
 {
@@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ void __init default_get_smp_config(unsigned int early)
 	if (!smp_found_config)
 		return;
 
-	if (!mpf_base)
+	if (!mpf_found)
 		return;
 
 	if (acpi_lapic && early)
@@ -593,6 +594,7 @@ static int __init smp_scan_config(unsigned long base, unsigned long length)
 			smp_found_config = 1;
 #endif
 			mpf_base = base;
+			mpf_found = true;
 
 			pr_info("found SMP MP-table at [mem %#010lx-%#010lx] mapped at [%p]\n",
 				base, base + sizeof(*mpf) - 1, mpf);
@@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ static int __init update_mp_table(void)
 	if (!enable_update_mptable)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!mpf_base)
+	if (!mpf_found)
 		return 0;
 
 	mpf = early_memremap(mpf_base, sizeof(*mpf));