diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index 238ad3447712..5f08ba13972b 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -4730,6 +4730,15 @@ static int intel_iommu_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void intel_disable_iommus(void)
+{
+	struct intel_iommu *iommu = NULL;
+	struct dmar_drhd_unit *drhd;
+
+	for_each_iommu(iommu, drhd)
+		iommu_disable_translation(iommu);
+}
+
 static inline struct intel_iommu *dev_to_intel_iommu(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return container_of(dev, struct intel_iommu, iommu.dev);
@@ -4840,8 +4849,15 @@ int __init intel_iommu_init(void)
 		goto out_free_dmar;
 	}
 
-	if (no_iommu || dmar_disabled)
+	if (no_iommu || dmar_disabled) {
+		/*
+		 * Make sure the IOMMUs are switched off, even when we
+		 * boot into a kexec kernel and the previous kernel left
+		 * them enabled
+		 */
+		intel_disable_iommus();
 		goto out_free_dmar;
+	}
 
 	if (list_empty(&dmar_rmrr_units))
 		pr_info("No RMRR found\n");