2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
index d87988bacf3e..34595d5e1038 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #define         APIC_DEST_LOGICAL       0x00800
 #define         APIC_DEST_PHYSICAL      0x00000
 #define         APIC_DM_FIXED           0x00000
+#define         APIC_DM_FIXED_MASK      0x00700
 #define         APIC_DM_LOWEST          0x00100
 #define         APIC_DM_SMI             0x00200
 #define         APIC_DM_REMRD           0x00300
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 6f8c5e9da97f..0f034460260d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -446,18 +446,20 @@ void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
          */
         rdmsr(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, l, h);
 
+        h = lvtthmr_init;
         /*
          * The initial value of thermal LVT entries on all APs always reads
          * 0x10000 because APs are woken up by BSP issuing INIT-SIPI-SIPI
          * sequence to them and LVT registers are reset to 0s except for
          * the mask bits which are set to 1s when APs receive INIT IPI.
-         * Always restore the value that BIOS has programmed on AP based on
-         * BSP's info we saved since BIOS is always setting the same value
-         * for all threads/cores
+         * If BIOS takes over the thermal interrupt and sets its interrupt
+         * delivery mode to SMI (not fixed), it restores the value that the
+         * BIOS has programmed on AP based on BSP's info we saved since BIOS
+         * is always setting the same value for all threads/cores.
          */
-        apic_write(APIC_LVTTHMR, lvtthmr_init);
+        if ((h & APIC_DM_FIXED_MASK) != APIC_DM_FIXED)
+                apic_write(APIC_LVTTHMR, lvtthmr_init);
 
-        h = lvtthmr_init;
 
         if ((l & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_TM1) && (h & APIC_DM_SMI)) {
                 printk(KERN_DEBUG