diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 936e8e7e64747ca4242f2c07b854cd1564462f41..2d990585402ccf3f1dd8971b2c80b3749265b59e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5243,6 +5243,8 @@
 	xen_nopv	[X86]
 			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
 			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
+			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
+			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
 
 	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
 			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index ac4943cd456a523c2edc0904e5806d6db5273a0c..1756cf775ef2c80a9f3bd2f7c1d8cdbacde2b369 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -210,18 +210,18 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-static bool xen_nopv;
 static __init int xen_parse_nopv(char *arg)
 {
-       xen_nopv = true;
-       return 0;
+	pr_notice("\"xen_nopv\" is deprecated, please use \"nopv\" instead\n");
+
+	if (xen_cpuid_base())
+		nopv = true;
+	return 0;
 }
 early_param("xen_nopv", xen_parse_nopv);
 
 bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
 {
-	if (xen_nopv)
-		return false;
 	if (xen_pv_domain())
 		return false;
 	if (!xen_hvm_domain())
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
 
 static uint32_t __init xen_platform_hvm(void)
 {
-	if (xen_pv_domain() || xen_nopv)
+	if (xen_pv_domain())
 		return 0;
 
 	return xen_cpuid_base();