diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c
index 1d61f10..1105250 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * Various Linux-internal data structures created from the
  * MP-table.
  */
-int apic_version [MAX_APICS];
+unsigned char apic_version [MAX_APICS];
 unsigned char mp_bus_id_to_type [MAX_MP_BUSSES] = { [0 ... MAX_MP_BUSSES-1] = -1 };
 int mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus [MAX_MP_BUSSES] = { [0 ... MAX_MP_BUSSES-1] = -1 };
 
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 
 static void __init MP_processor_info (struct mpc_config_processor *m)
 {
-	int ver, cpu;
+	int cpu;
+	unsigned char ver;
 	static int found_bsp=0;
 
 	if (!(m->mpc_cpuflag & CPU_ENABLED)) {
@@ -133,12 +134,14 @@
 	}
 
 	cpu = num_processors++;
-
-	if (m->mpc_apicid > MAX_APICS) {
+	
+#if MAX_APICS < 255	
+	if ((int)m->mpc_apicid > MAX_APICS) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Processor #%d INVALID. (Max ID: %d).\n",
 			m->mpc_apicid, MAX_APICS);
 		return;
 	}
+#endif
 	ver = m->mpc_apicver;
 
 	physid_set(m->mpc_apicid, phys_cpu_present_map);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/mpspec.h b/include/asm-x86_64/mpspec.h
index 6b37538..6f8a17d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/mpspec.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/mpspec.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 /*
  * A maximum of 255 APICs with the current APIC ID architecture.
  */
-#define MAX_APICS 128
+#define MAX_APICS 255
 
 struct intel_mp_floating
 {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 extern void find_smp_config (void);
 extern void get_smp_config (void);
 extern int nr_ioapics;
-extern int apic_version [MAX_APICS];
+extern unsigned char apic_version [MAX_APICS];
 extern int mp_irq_entries;
 extern struct mpc_config_intsrc mp_irqs [MAX_IRQ_SOURCES];
 extern int mpc_default_type;