diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 0fbf6f1520fabcaacc2d75541dc173c0192de390..4ef949c1972e6bfacb80d477fefc427cadfecd8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ struct apic {
 	void (*send_IPI_self)(int vector);
 
 	/* wakeup_secondary_cpu */
-	int (*wakeup_cpu)(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip);
+	int (*wakeup_secondary_cpu)(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip);
 
 	int trampoline_phys_low;
 	int trampoline_phys_high;
@@ -344,13 +344,6 @@ extern struct apic *apic;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern atomic_t init_deasserted;
 extern int wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_nmi(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip);
-extern int wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip);
-#else
-static inline int
-wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 #endif
 
 static inline u32 apic_read(u32 reg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
index 00595bc2da8da454a933698e5adc16f40dc7608e..f933822dba188fa8cac62e5b404ead77becf4b78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ struct apic apic_flat =  {
 	.send_IPI_all			= flat_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= apic_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 	.wait_for_init_deassert		= NULL,
@@ -373,7 +372,6 @@ struct apic apic_physflat =  {
 	.send_IPI_all			= physflat_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= apic_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 	.wait_for_init_deassert		= NULL,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
index 8c25917b51a09e9ee716ef4825dc41d56c8c7b79..69c512e23a9f98242b7160f0bb13fa56c80fbee0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ struct apic apic_bigsmp = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= bigsmp_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
index 9f6102fc87a16f53a267094088e5258005aa0679..b4838ed3f26ada8b05db65c5dabe37530c7d5270 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/es7000_32.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ struct apic apic_es7000_cluster = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= es7000_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_mip,
+	.wakeup_secondary_cpu		= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_mip,
 
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= 0x467,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= 0x469,
@@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ struct apic apic_es7000 = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= es7000_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
-
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= 0x467,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= 0x469,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
index c503c1799d631279e9a567208e9fad64c843916d..a7f711f5110a559b37d8757c898f9faf3972954b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ struct apic apic_numaq = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= numaq_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_nmi,
+	.wakeup_secondary_cpu		= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_nmi,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= NUMAQ_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= NUMAQ_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
index 13c6fc7dff99b3218ed60998d353caac9a1d3ebc..141c99a1c26401e444bcc1f85e0d87a7bafc841f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ struct apic apic_default = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= default_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
index 5a75d563f676543a155fbc6b757f517145834a0a..0a1135c5a6deb4142af44413f046f43172ce2b9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/summit_32.c
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ struct apic apic_summit = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= summit_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index 561a6b1042ae3a92fc3c6e316bb7309b46aaaaae..8fb87b6dd63330c193890ac3ae5d704eda096ba2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ struct apic apic_x2apic_cluster = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= x2apic_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= x2apic_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 	.wait_for_init_deassert		= NULL,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index 785f8ee4b1df31b48c8bd759e1504c726ba9ecb8..23625b9f98b28530657ca7d572cf4b7a4a60a378 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ struct apic apic_x2apic_phys = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= x2apic_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= x2apic_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 	.wait_for_init_deassert		= NULL,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
index 6d7b9d960ddcb2df147591f96b56fd0e9f01004b..7151de74a39613ed374e84ecf113e6c5ff51d004 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ struct apic apic_x2apic_uv_x = {
 	.send_IPI_all			= uv_send_IPI_all,
 	.send_IPI_self			= uv_send_IPI_self,
 
-	.wakeup_cpu			= uv_wakeup_secondary,
+	.wakeup_secondary_cpu		= uv_wakeup_secondary,
 	.trampoline_phys_low		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_LOW,
 	.trampoline_phys_high		= DEFAULT_TRAMPOLINE_PHYS_HIGH,
 	.wait_for_init_deassert		= NULL,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 9b338aa03b40d1e13039f2c2d91f1d0c975e43b3..249334f5080a16d2e5a6e2c4fb67a8c19be88891 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ static void __cpuinit do_fork_idle(struct work_struct *work)
 /*
  * NOTE - on most systems this is a PHYSICAL apic ID, but on multiquad
  * (ie clustered apic addressing mode), this is a LOGICAL apic ID.
- * Returns zero if CPU booted OK, else error code from ->wakeup_cpu.
+ * Returns zero if CPU booted OK, else error code from
+ * ->wakeup_secondary_cpu.
  */
 static int __cpuinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
 {
@@ -829,9 +830,13 @@ static int __cpuinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Starting actual IPI sequence...
+	 * Kick the secondary CPU. Use the method in the APIC driver
+	 * if it's defined - or use an INIT boot APIC message otherwise:
 	 */
-	boot_error = apic->wakeup_cpu(apicid, start_ip);
+	if (apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu)
+		boot_error = apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu(apicid, start_ip);
+	else
+		boot_error = wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init(apicid, start_ip);
 
 	if (!boot_error) {
 		/*