diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
index 4f19a1526037364dd9a0b5f41f0125ad52d15988..b073aaea747c200bd5a87db18ff6e33423529153 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ void native_send_call_func_ipi(const struct cpumask *mask);
 void native_send_call_func_single_ipi(int cpu);
 void x86_idle_thread_init(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle);
 
+void smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void);
 void smp_store_cpu_info(int id);
 #define cpu_physical_id(cpu)	per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index c80a33bc528b8e33ec6a1b9b4e6ca02964c21d7e..c297907f3c75f954646a9f647ebfc3ddcf2cfe83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_info);
 atomic_t init_deasserted;
 
 /*
- * Report back to the Boot Processor.
- * Running on AP.
+ * Report back to the Boot Processor during boot time or to the caller processor
+ * during CPU online.
  */
 static void __cpuinit smp_callin(void)
 {
@@ -279,19 +279,30 @@ notrace static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	cpu_idle();
 }
 
+void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
+{
+	int id = 0; /* CPU 0 */
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(id);
+
+	*c = boot_cpu_data;
+	c->cpu_index = id;
+}
+
 /*
  * The bootstrap kernel entry code has set these up. Save them for
  * a given CPU
  */
-
 void __cpuinit smp_store_cpu_info(int id)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(id);
 
 	*c = boot_cpu_data;
 	c->cpu_index = id;
-	if (id != 0)
-		identify_secondary_cpu(c);
+	/*
+	 * During boot time, CPU0 has this setup already. Save the info when
+	 * bringing up AP or offlined CPU0.
+	 */
+	identify_secondary_cpu(c);
 }
 
 static bool __cpuinit
@@ -795,7 +806,7 @@ int __cpuinit native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 
 	pr_debug("++++++++++++++++++++=_---CPU UP  %u\n", cpu);
 
-	if (apicid == BAD_APICID || apicid == boot_cpu_physical_apicid ||
+	if (apicid == BAD_APICID ||
 	    !physid_isset(apicid, phys_cpu_present_map) ||
 	    !apic->apic_id_valid(apicid)) {
 		pr_err("%s: bad cpu %d\n", __func__, cpu);
@@ -990,7 +1001,7 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	/*
 	 * Setup boot CPU information
 	 */
-	smp_store_cpu_info(0); /* Final full version of the data */
+	smp_store_boot_cpu_info(); /* Final full version of the data */
 	cpumask_copy(cpu_callin_mask, cpumask_of(0));
 	mb();
 
@@ -1214,19 +1225,6 @@ void cpu_disable_common(void)
 
 int native_cpu_disable(void)
 {
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-
-	/*
-	 * Perhaps use cpufreq to drop frequency, but that could go
-	 * into generic code.
-	 *
-	 * We won't take down the boot processor on i386 due to some
-	 * interrupts only being able to be serviced by the BSP.
-	 * Especially so if we're not using an IOAPIC	-zwane
-	 */
-	if (cpu == 0)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	clear_local_APIC();
 
 	cpu_disable_common();