/*
  * Knob to control our willingness to enable the local APIC.
  *
- * -1=force-disable, +1=force-enable
+ * +1=force-enable
  */
-int enable_local_apic;
+static int force_enable_local_apic;
+int disable_apic;
 
 /* Local APIC timer verification ok */
 static int local_apic_timer_verify_ok;
        u32 h, l, features;
 
        /* Disabled by kernel option? */
-       if (enable_local_apic < 0)
+       if (disable_apic)
                return -1;
 
        switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
                 * Over-ride BIOS and try to enable the local APIC only if
                 * "lapic" specified.
                 */
-               if (enable_local_apic <= 0) {
+               if (!force_enable_local_apic) {
                        printk(KERN_INFO "Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- "
                               "you can enable it with \"lapic\"\n");
                        return -1;
 
 int __init APIC_init_uniprocessor(void)
 {
-       if (enable_local_apic < 0)
+       if (disable_apic)
                clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
 
        if (!smp_found_config && !cpu_has_apic)
  */
 static int __init parse_lapic(char *arg)
 {
-       enable_local_apic = 1;
+       force_enable_local_apic = 1;
        return 0;
 }
 early_param("lapic", parse_lapic);
 
 static int __init parse_nolapic(char *arg)
 {
-       enable_local_apic = -1;
+       disable_apic = 1;
        clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
        return 0;
 }