static int __init apic_set_verbosity(char *arg)
 {
-       if (!arg)
+       if (!arg)  {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+               skip_ioapic_setup = 0;
+               ioapic_force = 1;
+               return 0;
+#endif
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
-       if (strcmp(arg, "debug") == 0)
+       if (strcmp("debug", arg) == 0)
                apic_verbosity = APIC_DEBUG;
-       else if (strcmp(arg, "verbose") == 0)
+       else if (strcmp("verbose", arg) == 0)
                apic_verbosity = APIC_VERBOSE;
+       else {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "APIC Verbosity level %s not recognised"
+                       " use apic=verbose or apic=debug\n", arg);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * APIC command line parameters
  */
-static int __init apic_set_verbosity(char *str)
-{
-       if (str == NULL)  {
-               skip_ioapic_setup = 0;
-               ioapic_force = 1;
-               return 0;
-       }
-       if (strcmp("debug", str) == 0)
-               apic_verbosity = APIC_DEBUG;
-       else if (strcmp("verbose", str) == 0)
-               apic_verbosity = APIC_VERBOSE;
-       else {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "APIC Verbosity level %s not recognised"
-                               " use apic=verbose or apic=debug\n", str);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
-       return 0;
-}
-early_param("apic", apic_set_verbosity);
-
 static __init int setup_disableapic(char *str)
 {
        disable_apic = 1;
 }
 __setup("apicpmtimer", setup_apicpmtimer);
 
+static int __init apic_set_verbosity(char *arg)
+{
+       if (!arg)  {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+               skip_ioapic_setup = 0;
+               ioapic_force = 1;
+               return 0;
+#endif
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (strcmp("debug", arg) == 0)
+               apic_verbosity = APIC_DEBUG;
+       else if (strcmp("verbose", arg) == 0)
+               apic_verbosity = APIC_VERBOSE;
+       else {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "APIC Verbosity level %s not recognised"
+                       " use apic=verbose or apic=debug\n", arg);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+early_param("apic", apic_set_verbosity);
+
 static int __init lapic_insert_resource(void)
 {
        if (!apic_phys)