diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 99db4975e6b5c5e8f66fc1b090a85641595d0cdf..936e8e7e64747ca4242f2c07b854cd1564462f41 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5257,6 +5257,11 @@
 			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
 			more timer interrupts.
 
+	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
+			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
+			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
+			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
+
 	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
 			Format:
 			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
index 50a30f6c668b6c5fbd7458ae3305b8381e8da93b..f7b4c5338428fc8e29bc63ff1832c6b38398c1ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ struct hypervisor_x86 {
 
 	/* runtime callbacks */
 	struct x86_hyper_runtime runtime;
+
+	/* ignore nopv parameter */
+	bool ignore_nopv;
 };
 
+extern bool nopv;
 extern enum x86_hypervisor_type x86_hyper_type;
 extern void init_hypervisor_platform(void);
 static inline bool hypervisor_is_type(enum x86_hypervisor_type type)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
index 87e39ad8d873fdff2a206f18fdd78a03478ae1c5..7eaad41c68f452285a1506fbfc28007a82b38b2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
 enum x86_hypervisor_type x86_hyper_type;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_hyper_type);
 
+bool __initdata nopv;
+static __init int parse_nopv(char *arg)
+{
+	nopv = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nopv", parse_nopv);
+
 static inline const struct hypervisor_x86 * __init
 detect_hypervisor_vendor(void)
 {
@@ -65,6 +73,9 @@ detect_hypervisor_vendor(void)
 	uint32_t pri, max_pri = 0;
 
 	for (p = hypervisors; p < hypervisors + ARRAY_SIZE(hypervisors); p++) {
+		if (unlikely(nopv) && !(*p)->ignore_nopv)
+			continue;
+
 		pri = (*p)->detect();
 		if (pri > max_pri) {
 			max_pri = pri;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jailhouse.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jailhouse.c
index 6857b4577f170d83443840a6f8c55e50bc3378f0..3ad34f01de2a6779b134600b8837cf04465da0b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jailhouse.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jailhouse.c
@@ -217,4 +217,5 @@ const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_jailhouse __refconst = {
 	.detect			= jailhouse_detect,
 	.init.init_platform	= jailhouse_init_platform,
 	.init.x2apic_available	= jailhouse_x2apic_available,
+	.ignore_nopv		= true,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 4722ba2966ac480218f651e84e2d13b795f8e2f7..5d16824e4dca9542d035ee463e7209c1ecc561c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1463,4 +1463,5 @@ const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_pv = {
 	.detect                 = xen_platform_pv,
 	.type			= X86_HYPER_XEN_PV,
 	.runtime.pin_vcpu       = xen_pin_vcpu,
+	.ignore_nopv		= true,
 };