diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 0635015d0aaa..bd7acc71e8a9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -678,6 +678,30 @@ static int __init acpi_parse_fadt(struct acpi_table_header *table)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int __init early_acpi_boot_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * do a partial walk of MADT to determine how many CPUs
+	 * we have including offline CPUs
+	 */
+	if (acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_MADT, acpi_parse_madt)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Can't find MADT\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = acpi_table_parse_madt(ACPI_MADT_TYPE_LOCAL_SAPIC,
+		acpi_parse_lsapic, NR_CPUS);
+	if (ret < 1)
+		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
+		       "Error parsing MADT - no LAPIC entries\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
 int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
 {
 
@@ -701,11 +725,6 @@ int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
 		       "Error parsing LAPIC address override entry\n");
 
-	if (acpi_table_parse_madt(ACPI_MADT_TYPE_LOCAL_SAPIC, acpi_parse_lsapic, NR_CPUS)
-	    < 1)
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
-		       "Error parsing MADT - no LAPIC entries\n");
-
 	if (acpi_table_parse_madt(ACPI_MADT_TYPE_LOCAL_APIC_NMI, acpi_parse_lapic_nmi, 0)
 	    < 0)
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error parsing LAPIC NMI entry\n");
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index ae7911702bf8..bf441f49682c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -561,8 +561,12 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	/* Initialize the ACPI boot-time table parser */
 	acpi_table_init();
+	early_acpi_boot_init();
 # ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA
 	acpi_numa_init();
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	prefill_possible_map();
+#endif
 	per_cpu_scan_finalize((cpus_weight(early_cpu_possible_map) == 0 ?
 		32 : cpus_weight(early_cpu_possible_map)),
 		additional_cpus > 0 ? additional_cpus : 0);
@@ -853,9 +857,6 @@ void __init
 setup_per_cpu_areas (void)
 {
 	/* start_kernel() requires this... */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	prefill_possible_map();
-#endif
 }
 
 /*