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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index cc25fa6bc975..28895c03cb11 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ static __init void parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
 		    !memcmp(from, "disableapic", 11))
 			disable_apic = 1;
 
-		if (!memcmp(from, "noapic", 6)) 
+		/* Don't confuse with noapictimer */
+		if (!memcmp(from, "noapic", 6) &&
+			(from[6] == ' ' || from[6] == 0))
 			skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
 
 		/* Make sure to not confuse with apic= */