diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
index c34961a45ec0073c5e77d22504d82be3e355fe48..3dcbaaaa363e7355cb3dbb65ca36efd4313daf08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ static inline int acpi_probe_gsi(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE
+extern int enable_update_mptable;
+#else
+static inline int enable_update_mptable(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define PHYSID_ARRAY_SIZE	BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_APICS)
 
 struct physid_mask {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 4af63dfb0f06fa31ea19379599bcef922887de3e..844e5e25213baa92243ef390f6075017e4d12748 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,9 @@ int mp_register_gsi(struct device *dev, u32 gsi, int trigger, int polarity)
 		       ioapic_pin);
 		return gsi;
 	}
-	mp_config_acpi_gsi(dev, gsi, trigger, polarity);
+
+	if (enable_update_mptable)
+		mp_config_acpi_gsi(dev, gsi, trigger, polarity);
 
 	set_io_apic_irq_attr(&irq_attr, ioapic, ioapic_pin,
 			     trigger == ACPI_EDGE_SENSITIVE ? 0 : 1,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
index e6bf9d08e5033ef13d17922c1d5835a0000f9542..651c93b28862a5ea04f3fdfc883533ff843b2583 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static int  __init replace_intsrc_all(struct mpc_table *mpc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __initdata enable_update_mptable;
+int enable_update_mptable;
 
 static int __init update_mptable_setup(char *str)
 {