diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 1003ed4bbce4..0a9b57702be4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	int tm2 = 0;
 	u32 l, h;
 
-	/* Thermal monitoring depends on ACPI and clock modulation*/
-	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_ACPI) || !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_ACC))
+	/* Thermal monitoring depends on APIC, ACPI and clock modulation */
+	if (!cpu_has_apic || !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_ACPI) ||
+		!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_ACC))
 		return;
 
 	/*