diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thermal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thermal.h
index ddbdefd5b94f1024dab964540b00b787a81031af..91a7b6687c3b9e380ea41493372f2b75850c9425 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thermal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thermal.h
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 #define _ASM_X86_THERMAL_H
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
+void therm_lvt_init(void);
 void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 bool x86_thermal_enabled(void);
 void intel_thermal_interrupt(void);
 #else
-static inline void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { }
+static inline void therm_lvt_init(void)				{ }
+static inline void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)	{ }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_THERMAL_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 767eda3da5dbd1c1bdd1f61fc38a24848c930273..ab1fc9a65cac1c521ea73829c6660e961fd7defe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
+#include <asm/thermal.h>
 #include <asm/unwind.h>
 #include <asm/vsyscall.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -1100,6 +1101,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	x86_init.timers.wallclock_init();
 
+	/*
+	 * This needs to run before setup_local_APIC() which soft-disables the
+	 * local APIC temporarily and that masks the thermal LVT interrupt,
+	 * leading to softlockups on machines which have configured SMI
+	 * interrupt delivery.
+	 */
+	therm_lvt_init();
+
 	mcheck_init();
 
 	register_refined_jiffies(CLOCK_TICK_RATE);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
index 8cc35a9f3862d8fb187c5530bfc43792eabfa8f9..2b06b9e59dcfe109bc01736bc9263da3d41f96dc 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/therm_throt.c
@@ -637,6 +637,17 @@ bool x86_thermal_enabled(void)
 	return atomic_read(&therm_throt_en);
 }
 
+void __init therm_lvt_init(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This function is only called on boot CPU. Save the init thermal
+	 * LVT value on BSP and use that value to restore APs' thermal LVT
+	 * entry BIOS programmed later
+	 */
+	if (intel_thermal_supported(&boot_cpu_data))
+		lvtthmr_init = apic_read(APIC_LVTTHMR);
+}
+
 void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -646,10 +657,6 @@ void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (!intel_thermal_supported(c))
 		return;
 
-	/* On the BSP? */
-	if (c == &boot_cpu_data)
-		lvtthmr_init = apic_read(APIC_LVTTHMR);
-
 	/*
 	 * First check if its enabled already, in which case there might
 	 * be some SMM goo which handles it, so we can't even put a handler