diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index f27c709186c1f1d739442a68ec8a47e894299f63..3de3b6b8f0f1b756adc455229aedba9731113e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -659,6 +659,21 @@ static void __init acpi_processor_check_duplicates(void)
 						NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+bool __init acpi_processor_validate_proc_id(int proc_id)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * compare the proc_id with duplicate IDs, if the proc_id is already
+	 * in the duplicate IDs, return true, otherwise, return false.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_duplicate_ids; i++) {
+		if (duplicate_processor_ids[i] == proc_id)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 void __init acpi_processor_init(void)
 {
 	acpi_processor_check_duplicates();
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index 88019766a59afddc32f71efacca76d8989624001..9ac265f235b7cf86577fc2560eddc157767ae53c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ map_processor(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t *phys_id, int *cpuid)
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 			return false;
 		acpi_id = object.processor.proc_id;
+
+		/* validate the acpi_id */
+		if(acpi_processor_validate_proc_id(acpi_id))
+			return false;
 		break;
 	case ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE:
 		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_UID", NULL, &tmp);
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 5b4f9accf96bbaf603a69a582ee15b644d4958c3..7f307f3bd12cd6ca30cb537baa5c5517051bbfbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ static inline bool invalid_phys_cpuid(phys_cpuid_t phys_id)
 	return phys_id == PHYS_CPUID_INVALID;
 }
 
+/* Validate the processor object's proc_id */
+bool acpi_processor_validate_proc_id(int proc_id);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /* Arch dependent functions for cpu hotplug support */
 int acpi_map_cpu(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t physid, int *pcpu);