diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 795c487af8e4dbbcdb0cedf5d048e7036bbb5ee0..1aebe9dffbaa6277deceb18c2c9ba371b1e4b141 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1518,6 +1518,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
 				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
 				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+				should never be necessary.
 		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
 				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
 				on several machines and they hang the machine
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
index 940185ecaeda5bdfe6d737759d55e1b87ec11fe8..bc6a101ed7ecee68758f37ea1d10d0ca1057469f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ unsigned int pci_probe = PCI_PROBE_BIOS | PCI_PROBE_CONF1 | PCI_PROBE_CONF2 |
 
 static int pci_bf_sort;
 int pci_routeirq;
+int noioapicquirk;
 int pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 unsigned long pirq_table_addr;
 struct pci_bus *pci_root_bus;
@@ -495,6 +496,9 @@ char * __devinit  pcibios_setup(char *str)
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "skip_isa_align")) {
 		pci_probe |= PCI_CAN_SKIP_ISA_ALIGN;
 		return NULL;
+	} else if (!strcmp(str, "noioapicquirk")) {
+		noioapicquirk = 1;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	return str;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/io_apic.h b/include/asm-x86/io_apic.h
index 14f82bbcb5fd6ee5d09f05be363651258ff4e9bb..8ca0110819f465fbe2445211b84ad5d7acc9a88a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/io_apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/io_apic.h
@@ -157,11 +157,15 @@ extern int sis_apic_bug;
 /* 1 if "noapic" boot option passed */
 extern int skip_ioapic_setup;
 
+/* 1 if "noapic" boot option passed */
+extern int noioapicquirk;
+
 /* 1 if the timer IRQ uses the '8259A Virtual Wire' mode */
 extern int timer_through_8259;
 
 static inline void disable_ioapic_setup(void)
 {
+	noioapicquirk = 1;
 	skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pci.h b/include/asm-x86/pci.h
index 2db14cf17db8f9faeae76133445f144023d58ff6..30eec93a845ed47ee5b1c3665c489cf134b6735f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pci.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct pci_sysdata {
 };
 
 extern int pci_routeirq;
+extern int noioapicquirk;
 
 /* scan a bus after allocating a pci_sysdata for it */
 extern struct pci_bus *pci_scan_bus_on_node(int busno, struct pci_ops *ops,