diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index b9338b8cf420ca94e37c7da64dc1fa1910f19f91..68219a919dfdafb52d097c38ab442dc619fd21f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1943,10 +1943,28 @@ void disconnect_bsp_APIC(int virt_wire_setup)
 
 void __cpuinit generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
 {
-	int cpu;
+	int cpu, max = nr_cpu_ids;
+	bool boot_cpu_detected = physid_isset(boot_cpu_physical_apicid,
+				phys_cpu_present_map);
+
+	/*
+	 * If boot cpu has not been detected yet, then only allow upto
+	 * nr_cpu_ids - 1 processors and keep one slot free for boot cpu
+	 */
+	if (!boot_cpu_detected && num_processors >= nr_cpu_ids - 1 &&
+	    apicid != boot_cpu_physical_apicid) {
+		int thiscpu = max + disabled_cpus - 1;
+
+		pr_warning(
+			"ACPI: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of %i almost"
+			" reached. Keeping one slot for boot cpu."
+			"  Processor %d/0x%x ignored.\n", max, thiscpu, apicid);
+
+		disabled_cpus++;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (num_processors >= nr_cpu_ids) {
-		int max = nr_cpu_ids;
 		int thiscpu = max + disabled_cpus;
 
 		pr_warning(