diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
index bd1dbf3bd223cfd51021b7eec43d89b206a8bb95..a22a866de8f9db44472cc65f933383ce6589591a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
@@ -726,15 +726,11 @@ __setup("apic=", apic_set_verbosity);
 static int __init detect_init_APIC (void)
 {
 	u32 h, l, features;
-	extern void get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86*);
 
 	/* Disabled by kernel option? */
 	if (enable_local_apic < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* Workaround for us being called before identify_cpu(). */
-	get_cpu_vendor(&boot_cpu_data);
-
 	switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
 	case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
 		if ((boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6 && boot_cpu_data.x86_model > 1) ||