diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
index 2aa18f57aec..e3228ce3495 100644
--- a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
+++ b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ apic_init(void *dummy __unused)
 		printf("APIC: Using the %s enumerator.\n",
 		    best_enum->apic_name);
 
-#ifndef __amd64__
+#ifdef I686_CPU
 	/*
 	 * To work around an errata, we disable the local APIC on some
 	 * CPUs during early startup.  We need to turn the local APIC back