diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
index 1a6454ef7f6c655f4c04c55426163c1c68173f34..63134e31e8b933acb973ee2e66f62a2f815bb326 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@
 #define APIC_BASE_MSR	0x800
 #define X2APIC_ENABLE	(1UL << 10)
 
-/* get MAX_IO_APICS */
-#include <asm/apicnum.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+# define MAX_IO_APICS 64
+#else
+# define MAX_IO_APICS 128
+# define MAX_LOCAL_APIC 32768
+#endif
 
 /*
  * All x86-64 systems are xAPIC compatible.
diff --git a/include/linux/irqnr.h b/include/linux/irqnr.h
index de66e4e1040650f5993421cbde33474387415513..887477bc2ab0841287460aef51517beb2377ea58 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqnr.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqnr.h
@@ -23,15 +23,9 @@
 
 #else /* CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS */
 
-#include <asm/irq_vectors.h>	/* need possible max_nr_irqs() */
-
 extern int nr_irqs;
 extern struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq);
 
-# ifndef max_nr_irqs
-#  define max_nr_irqs(nr_cpus)	NR_IRQS
-# endif
-
 # define for_each_irq_desc(irq, desc)					\
 	for (irq = 0, desc = irq_to_desc(irq); irq < nr_irqs;		\
 	     irq++, desc = irq_to_desc(irq))				\
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index b39f32ac8f80a9a1f39ded9e1e47d8215e88412f..04d3e46031e51f71ca62ccc0015a6f9b3ac8c660 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ int nr_irqs = NR_IRQS;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nr_irqs);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
+
+#ifndef max_nr_irqs
+#define max_nr_irqs(nr_cpus)	NR_IRQS
+#endif
+
 static struct irq_desc irq_desc_init = {
 	.irq	    = -1,
 	.status	    = IRQ_DISABLED,