extern int x2apic_mode;
 extern int x2apic_phys;
-extern void check_x2apic(void);
+extern void __init check_x2apic(void);
 extern void enable_x2apic(void);
 static inline int x2apic_enabled(void)
 {
 
        x2apic_disabled = 1;
 }
 
-void check_x2apic(void)
-{
-       if (x2apic_enabled()) {
-               pr_info("x2apic enabled by BIOS, switching to x2apic ops\n");
-               x2apic_mode = 1;
-       }
-}
-
 void enable_x2apic(void)
 {
        u64 msr;
                wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, msr | X2APIC_ENABLE);
        }
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */
+
+void __init check_x2apic(void)
+{
+       if (x2apic_enabled()) {
+               pr_info("x2apic enabled by BIOS, switching to x2apic ops\n");
+               x2apic_mode = 1;
+       }
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */
+static int __init validate_x2apic(void)
+{
+       if (!apic_is_x2apic_enabled())
+               return 0;
+       /*
+        * Checkme: Can we simply turn off x2apic here instead of panic?
+        */
+       panic("BIOS has enabled x2apic but kernel doesn't support x2apic, please disable x2apic in BIOS.\n");
+}
+early_initcall(validate_x2apic);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */
 
 static int __init try_to_enable_IR(void)
 {
        unsigned long flags;
        int ret, ir_stat;
 
-       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_X2APIC)) {
-               if (apic_is_x2apic_enabled())
-                       panic("BIOS has enabled x2apic but kernel doesn't support x2apic, please disable x2apic in BIOS.\n");
-       }
-
        ir_stat = irq_remapping_prepare();
        if (ir_stat < 0 && !x2apic_supported())
                return;