diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index aa57c07..e80f291 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 /*
  * The highest APIC ID seen during enumeration.
  *
- * On AMD, this determines the messaging protocol we can use: if all APIC IDs
+ * This determines the messaging protocol we can use: if all APIC IDs
  * are in the 0 ... 7 range, then we can use logical addressing which
  * has some performance advantages (better broadcasting).
  *
@@ -1898,14 +1898,24 @@
 		max_physical_apicid = apicid;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
-	case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
-		if (num_processors > 8)
+	/*
+	 * Would be preferable to switch to bigsmp when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
+	 * but we need to work other dependencies like SMP_SUSPEND etc
+	 * before this can be done without some confusion.
+	 * if (CPU_HOTPLUG_ENABLED || num_processors > 8)
+	 *       - Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
+	 */
+	if (max_physical_apicid >= 8) {
+		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
+		case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
+			if (!APIC_XAPIC(version)) {
+				def_to_bigsmp = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* If P4 and above fall through */
+		case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
 			def_to_bigsmp = 1;
-		break;
-	case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
-		if (max_physical_apicid >= 8)
-			def_to_bigsmp = 1;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
index c4cbd308..65edc18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
@@ -64,23 +64,16 @@
 			apic = &apic_x2apic_phys;
 		else
 			apic = &apic_x2apic_cluster;
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
 	}
 #endif
 
 	if (apic == &apic_flat) {
-		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
-		case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
-			if (num_processors > 8)
-				apic = &apic_physflat;
-			break;
-		case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
-			if (max_physical_apicid >= 8)
-				apic = &apic_physflat;
-		}
+		if (max_physical_apicid >= 8)
+			apic = &apic_physflat;
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
-
 	if (is_vsmp_box()) {
 		/* need to update phys_pkg_id */
 		apic->phys_pkg_id = apicid_phys_pkg_id;