diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c
index 0f830e4f5675..c3dd64fabcf3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,11 @@ void __cpuinit setup_local_APIC(void)
 	unsigned int value;
 	int i, j;
 
+	if (disable_apic) {
+		disable_ioapic_setup();
+		return;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	/* Pound the ESR really hard over the head with a big hammer - mbligh */
 	if (lapic_is_integrated() && esr_disable) {
@@ -1566,11 +1571,11 @@ int apic_version[MAX_APICS];
 
 int __init APIC_init_uniprocessor(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (disable_apic) {
 		pr_info("Apic disabled\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (!cpu_has_apic) {
 		disable_apic = 1;
 		pr_info("Apic disabled by BIOS\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
index 1c4a1302536c..40747e58f305 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -3258,6 +3258,9 @@ static int msi_compose_msg(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int irq, struct msi_ms
 	int err;
 	unsigned dest;
 
+	if (disable_apic)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 	cfg = irq_cfg(irq);
 	err = assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, TARGET_CPUS);
 	if (err)
@@ -3726,6 +3729,9 @@ int arch_setup_ht_irq(unsigned int irq, struct pci_dev *dev)
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg;
 	int err;
 
+	if (disable_apic)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 	cfg = irq_cfg(irq);
 	err = assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, TARGET_CPUS);
 	if (!err) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index bb1a3b1fc87f..31f99ec2e0fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ static int __init smp_sanity_check(unsigned max_cpus)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "... forcing use of dummy APIC emulation."
 				"(tell your hw vendor)\n");
 		smpboot_clear_io_apic();
+		disable_ioapic_setup();
 		return -1;
 	}