diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
index 91df9686a0da88ac8b299ddf81c0ca697d3f075d..3b7888294648b1eb4e81e5f7a3a0e8dd89cb79a3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/acpi.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ extern int __devinitdata pxm_to_nid_map[MAX_PXM_DOMAINS];
 extern int __initdata nid_to_pxm_map[MAX_NUMNODES];
 #endif
 
+static inline bool arch_has_acpi_pdc(void) { return true; }
+
 #define acpi_unlazy_tlb(x)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
index 60d2b2db0bc55d003887913ce1442d5d73a66094..d787e6e92bd1ebcc7c4290fb58584d56c2853251 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ static inline unsigned int acpi_processor_cstate_check(unsigned int max_cstate)
 		return max_cstate;
 }
 
+static inline bool arch_has_acpi_pdc(void)
+{
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(0);
+	return (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
+		c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR);
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
 
 #define acpi_lapic 0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
index d85d1b2432baec47b65d81191353c0ab6b490aec..bcb6efe08c5de5cf6e6371769dfca1657624508a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ void arch_acpi_processor_init_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(pr->id);
 
 	pr->pdc = NULL;
-	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
-	    c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR)
-		init_intel_pdc(pr, c);
+	init_intel_pdc(pr, c);
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
index b416c32dda04917b501446dde0bf6873115f86f2..931e735e9e37812e27972f7443dbe393690c1d6a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_eval_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 void acpi_processor_set_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
+	if (arch_has_acpi_pdc() == false)
+		return;
+
 	arch_acpi_processor_init_pdc(pr);
 	acpi_processor_eval_pdc(pr);
 	arch_acpi_processor_cleanup_pdc(pr);