diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index b9e9bd854298..620122946c5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
 			no further checks are performed.
 
+	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
+			   kernels.
+
 	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
 			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index 9aeacdfca410..b67be85ff0fc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -360,7 +360,19 @@ static void acpi_memory_device_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
 	acpi_memory_device_free(mem_device);
 }
 
+static bool __initdata acpi_no_memhotplug;
+
 void __init acpi_memory_hotplug_init(void)
 {
+	if (acpi_no_memhotplug)
+		return;
+
 	acpi_scan_add_handler_with_hotplug(&memory_device_handler, "memory");
 }
+
+static int __init disable_acpi_memory_hotplug(char *str)
+{
+	acpi_no_memhotplug = true;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("acpi_no_memhotplug", disable_acpi_memory_hotplug);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index febc511e078a..b6d93c840154 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	init_timers();
 	hrtimers_init();
 	softirq_init();
+	acpi_early_init();
 	timekeeping_init();
 	time_init();
 	sched_clock_postinit();
@@ -641,7 +642,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 
 	check_bugs();
 
-	acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
 	sfi_init_late();
 
 	if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {