--- 687638e655d30c9fcff34bd887df10ec37af0576
+++ cf678c9abcc55b599065f15024493ee2e60ec24c
@@ -286,18 +286,20 @@ void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x
 	 */
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, l, h);
 
+	h = lvtthmr_init;
 	/*
 	 * The initial value of thermal LVT entries on all APs always reads
 	 * 0x10000 because APs are woken up by BSP issuing INIT-SIPI-SIPI
 	 * sequence to them and LVT registers are reset to 0s except for
 	 * the mask bits which are set to 1s when APs receive INIT IPI.
-	 * Always restore the value that BIOS has programmed on AP based on
-	 * BSP's info we saved since BIOS is always setting the same value
-	 * for all threads/cores
+	 * If BIOS takes over the thermal interrupt and sets its interrupt
+	 * delivery mode to SMI (not fixed), it restores the value that the
+	 * BIOS has programmed on AP based on BSP's info we saved since BIOS
+	 * is always setting the same value for all threads/cores.
 	 */
-	apic_write(APIC_LVTTHMR, lvtthmr_init);
+	if ((h & APIC_DM_FIXED_MASK) != APIC_DM_FIXED)
+		apic_write(APIC_LVTTHMR, lvtthmr_init);
 
-	h = lvtthmr_init;
 
 	if ((l & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_TM1) && (h & APIC_DM_SMI)) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG