diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
index 0e86ccc90d82..92a5df6190b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ void *x86_cpu_to_apicid_early_ptr;
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid) = BAD_APICID;
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(x86_cpu_to_apicid);
 
+u16 x86_bios_cpu_apicid_init[NR_CPUS] __initdata
+				= { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
+void *x86_bios_cpu_apicid_early_ptr;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u16, x86_bios_cpu_apicid) = BAD_APICID;
+EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(x86_bios_cpu_apicid);
+
 u8 apicid_2_node[MAX_APICID];
 
 static void map_cpu_to_logical_apicid(void);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/mach-bigsmp/mach_apic.h b/include/asm-x86/mach-bigsmp/mach_apic.h
index 6df235e8ea91..0d55b1f6d56b 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/mach-bigsmp/mach_apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/mach-bigsmp/mach_apic.h
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_MACH_APIC_H
 #define __ASM_MACH_APIC_H
 
-
-extern u8 bios_cpu_apicid[];
-
-#define xapic_phys_to_log_apicid(cpu) (bios_cpu_apicid[cpu])
+#define xapic_phys_to_log_apicid(cpu) (per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, cpu))
 #define esr_disable (1)
 
 static inline int apic_id_registered(void)
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ static inline int apicid_to_node(int logical_apicid)
 static inline int cpu_present_to_apicid(int mps_cpu)
 {
 	if (mps_cpu < NR_CPUS)
-		return (int) bios_cpu_apicid[mps_cpu];
+		return (int) per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, mps_cpu);
 
 	return BAD_APICID;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/mach-es7000/mach_apic.h b/include/asm-x86/mach-es7000/mach_apic.h
index d23011fdf454..04cba9f1e375 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/mach-es7000/mach_apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/mach-es7000/mach_apic.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_MACH_APIC_H
 #define __ASM_MACH_APIC_H
 
-extern u8 bios_cpu_apicid[];
-
-#define xapic_phys_to_log_apicid(cpu) (bios_cpu_apicid[cpu])
+#define xapic_phys_to_log_apicid(cpu) per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, cpu)
 #define esr_disable (1)
 
 static inline int apic_id_registered(void)
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ extern void enable_apic_mode(void);
 extern int apic_version [MAX_APICS];
 static inline void setup_apic_routing(void)
 {
-	int apic = bios_cpu_apicid[smp_processor_id()];
+	int apic = per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, smp_processor_id());
 	printk("Enabling APIC mode:  %s.  Using %d I/O APICs, target cpus %lx\n",
 		(apic_version[apic] == 0x14) ? 
 		"Physical Cluster" : "Logical Cluster", nr_ioapics, cpus_addr(TARGET_CPUS)[0]);
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ static inline int cpu_present_to_apicid(int mps_cpu)
 	if (!mps_cpu)
 		return boot_cpu_physical_apicid;
 	else if (mps_cpu < NR_CPUS)
-		return (int) bios_cpu_apicid[mps_cpu];
+		return (int) per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, mps_cpu);
 	else
 		return BAD_APICID;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/mach-summit/mach_apic.h b/include/asm-x86/mach-summit/mach_apic.h
index 062c97f6100b..91d7641cddc9 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/mach-summit/mach_apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/mach-summit/mach_apic.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static inline unsigned long check_apicid_present(int bit)
 
 #define apicid_cluster(apicid) ((apicid) & XAPIC_DEST_CLUSTER_MASK)
 
-extern u8 bios_cpu_apicid[];
 extern u8 cpu_2_logical_apicid[];
 
 static inline void init_apic_ldr(void)
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ static inline int cpu_to_logical_apicid(int cpu)
 static inline int cpu_present_to_apicid(int mps_cpu)
 {
 	if (mps_cpu < NR_CPUS)
-		return (int)bios_cpu_apicid[mps_cpu];
+		return (int)per_cpu(x86_bios_cpu_apicid, mps_cpu);
 	else
 		return BAD_APICID;
 }