diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index 487edbad098d3539f3320ec7037cb4d111abd7c6..cfd3ecafed7b041573efedc7f658582c2a848d71 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,10 @@ static bool intel_idle_max_cstate_reached(int cstate)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE
 #include <acpi/processor.h>
 
+static bool no_acpi __read_mostly;
+module_param(no_acpi, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_acpi, "Do not use ACPI _CST for building the idle states list");
+
 static struct acpi_processor_power acpi_state_table;
 
 /**
@@ -1181,6 +1185,11 @@ static bool intel_idle_acpi_cst_extract(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
+	if (no_acpi) {
+		pr_debug("Not allowed to use ACPI _CST\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);