diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a0c5c5f4fce..b4339e5a50d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1796,6 +1796,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
 			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
 
+	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
+			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
+			irq.
+
 	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
 			pagetables) support.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
index e72b1754a2d..113acda5879 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ static void native_irq_stop_other_cpus(int wait)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
+static void native_smp_disable_nmi_ipi(void)
+{
+	smp_ops.stop_other_cpus = native_irq_stop_other_cpus;
+}
+
 /*
  * Reschedule call back.
  */
@@ -280,6 +285,14 @@ void smp_call_function_single_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	irq_exit();
 }
 
+static int __init nonmi_ipi_setup(char *str)
+{
+        native_smp_disable_nmi_ipi();
+        return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("nonmi_ipi", nonmi_ipi_setup);
+
 struct smp_ops smp_ops = {
 	.smp_prepare_boot_cpu	= native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu,
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= native_smp_prepare_cpus,