diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index f4835a1be360..fba49f66228f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
 	} while (0)
 
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
 extern void generic_apic_probe(void);
+#else
+static inline void generic_apic_probe(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 150e6d0a3b47..8fce6c714514 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -936,9 +936,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	map_vsyscall();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	generic_apic_probe();
-#endif
 
 	early_quirks();