diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h b/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
index 769ff55c7e..ea6056ab92 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct AcpiDeviceIfClass {
     void (*ospm_status)(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, ACPIOSTInfoList ***list);
     void (*send_event)(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, AcpiEventStatusBits ev);
     void (*madt_cpu)(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
-                     const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry);
+                     const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry,
+                     bool force_enabled);
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 4d2e35a152..82cf7b7e30 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ bool pc_system_ovmf_table_find(const char *entry, uint8_t **data,
                                int *data_len);
 void pc_system_parse_ovmf_flash(uint8_t *flash_ptr, size_t flash_size);
 
-
-/* acpi-build.c */
+/* hw/i386/acpi-common.c */
 void pc_madt_cpu_entry(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
-                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry);
+                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry,
+                       bool force_enabled);
 
 extern GlobalProperty pc_compat_6_1[];
 extern const size_t pc_compat_6_1_len;
diff --git a/hw/acpi/acpi-x86-stub.c b/hw/acpi/acpi-x86-stub.c
index e9e46c5c5f..3df1e090f4 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/acpi-x86-stub.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/acpi-x86-stub.c
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #include "hw/i386/acpi-build.h"
 
 void pc_madt_cpu_entry(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
-                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry)
+                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry,
+                       bool force_enabled)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/acpi/cpu.c b/hw/acpi/cpu.c
index f82e9512fd..b20903ea30 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/cpu.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/cpu.c
@@ -669,21 +669,8 @@ void build_cpus_aml(Aml *table, MachineState *machine, CPUHotplugFeatures opts,
 
             /* build _MAT object */
             assert(adevc && adevc->madt_cpu);
-            adevc->madt_cpu(adev, i, arch_ids, madt_buf);
-            switch (madt_buf->data[0]) {
-            case ACPI_APIC_PROCESSOR: {
-                AcpiMadtProcessorApic *apic = (void *)madt_buf->data;
-                apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(1);
-                break;
-            }
-            case ACPI_APIC_LOCAL_X2APIC: {
-                AcpiMadtProcessorX2Apic *apic = (void *)madt_buf->data;
-                apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(1);
-                break;
-            }
-            default:
-                assert(0);
-            }
+            adevc->madt_cpu(adev, i, arch_ids, madt_buf,
+                            true); /* set enabled flag */
             aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_MAT",
                 aml_buffer(madt_buf->len, (uint8_t *)madt_buf->data)));
             g_array_free(madt_buf, true);
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
index a0cde1d874..7983a13a93 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@
 #include "acpi-common.h"
 
 void pc_madt_cpu_entry(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
-                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry)
+                       const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids, GArray *entry,
+                       bool force_enabled)
 {
     uint32_t apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[uid].arch_id;
+    uint32_t flags = apic_ids->cpus[uid].cpu != NULL || force_enabled ? 1 : 0;
 
     /* ACPI spec says that LAPIC entry for non present
      * CPU may be omitted from MADT or it must be marked
@@ -51,11 +53,7 @@ void pc_madt_cpu_entry(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
         apic->length = sizeof(*apic);
         apic->processor_id = uid;
         apic->local_apic_id = apic_id;
-        if (apic_ids->cpus[uid].cpu != NULL) {
-            apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(1);
-        } else {
-            apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(0);
-        }
+        apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
     } else {
         AcpiMadtProcessorX2Apic *apic = acpi_data_push(entry, sizeof *apic);
 
@@ -63,11 +61,7 @@ void pc_madt_cpu_entry(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, int uid,
         apic->length = sizeof(*apic);
         apic->uid = cpu_to_le32(uid);
         apic->x2apic_id = cpu_to_le32(apic_id);
-        if (apic_ids->cpus[uid].cpu != NULL) {
-            apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(1);
-        } else {
-            apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(0);
-        }
+        apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
     }
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +90,7 @@ void acpi_build_madt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
     build_append_int_noprefix(table_data, 1 /* PCAT_COMPAT */, 4); /* Flags */
 
     for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
-        adevc->madt_cpu(adev, i, apic_ids, table_data);
+        adevc->madt_cpu(adev, i, apic_ids, table_data, false);
         if (apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id > 254) {
             x2apic_mode = true;
         }
