diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 2b1cdaab45e654bd1dd9c7d772c48e226e6ec20d..bc27d72bbb198fe8ea00dab91502711be811d3e8 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -538,6 +538,11 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	parse_args("Booting kernel", command_line, __start___param,
 		   __stop___param - __start___param,
 		   &unknown_bootoption);
+	if (!irqs_disabled()) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
+				"enabled *very* early, fixing it\n");
+		local_irq_disable();
+	}
 	sort_main_extable();
 	trap_init();
 	rcu_init();