diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h
index b24915fcd6df08be2a1170d3e19b5d77954da1e6..0be2f27b78f3a2720296d066236c6bbd74c588fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ extern void __init pre_init_apic_IRQ0(void);
 
 extern void mp_save_irq(struct mpc_intsrc *m);
 
+extern void disable_ioapic_support(void);
+
 #else  /* !CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
 
 #define io_apic_assign_pci_irqs 0
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ struct io_apic_irq_attr;
 static inline int io_apic_set_pci_routing(struct device *dev, int irq,
 		 struct io_apic_irq_attr *irq_attr) { return 0; }
 static inline void mp_save_irq(struct mpc_intsrc *m) { };
+static inline void disable_ioapic_support(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_IO_APIC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 76b96d74978a101c4770658e0f053b6e34ea3923..96e68099b06eb102c0423cc4765086970260a17d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/i8259.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <asm/io_apic.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/idle.h>
@@ -1209,7 +1210,7 @@ void __cpuinit setup_local_APIC(void)
 		rdtscll(tsc);
 
 	if (disable_apic) {
-		arch_disable_smp_support();
+		disable_ioapic_support();
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index ca9e2a3545a9b48e03fadd4197bf21e376b1028e..a2f2bf8ab9db9b8f9d76affc778e6deb31e4e0db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ DECLARE_BITMAP(mp_bus_not_pci, MAX_MP_BUSSES);
 
 int skip_ioapic_setup;
 
-void arch_disable_smp_support(void)
+/**
+ * disable_ioapic_support() - disables ioapic support at runtime
+ */
+void disable_ioapic_support(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 	noioapicquirk = 1;
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ void arch_disable_smp_support(void)
 static int __init parse_noapic(char *str)
 {
 	/* disable IO-APIC */
-	arch_disable_smp_support();
+	disable_ioapic_support();
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("noapic", parse_noapic);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 08776a953487f826dad0acc84b5b6e35f6272387..09d0172a005955e8119df8a175961684b9956ca9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <asm/mtrr.h>
 #include <asm/mwait.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <asm/io_apic.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/uv/uv.h>
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
@@ -945,6 +946,14 @@ int __cpuinit native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * arch_disable_smp_support() - disables SMP support for x86 at runtime
+ */
+void arch_disable_smp_support(void)
+{
+	disable_ioapic_support();
+}
+
 /*
  * Fall back to non SMP mode after errors.
  *
@@ -1045,7 +1054,7 @@ static int __init smp_sanity_check(unsigned max_cpus)
 				"(tell your hw vendor)\n");
 		}
 		smpboot_clear_io_apic();
-		arch_disable_smp_support();
+		disable_ioapic_support();
 		return -1;
 	}