diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1d1d53f85ddd7..60130231db3b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1743,6 +1743,14 @@
 			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
 			exposed by the device tree is too small.
 
+	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
+			[ARM, ARM64]
+			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
+			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
+			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
+			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
+			LPIs.
+
 	irqfixup	[HW]
 			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
 			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index 0ea02504115d1..3e9eeb6cb294d 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -613,9 +613,17 @@ static void gic_cpu_sys_reg_init(void)
 		pr_crit_once("RSS is required but GICD doesn't support it\n");
 }
 
+static bool gicv3_nolpi;
+
+static int __init gicv3_nolpi_cfg(char *buf)
+{
+	return strtobool(buf, &gicv3_nolpi);
+}
+early_param("irqchip.gicv3_nolpi", gicv3_nolpi_cfg);
+
 static int gic_dist_supports_lpis(void)
 {
-	return !!(readl_relaxed(gic_data.dist_base + GICD_TYPER) & GICD_TYPER_LPIS);
+	return !!(readl_relaxed(gic_data.dist_base + GICD_TYPER) & GICD_TYPER_LPIS) && !gicv3_nolpi;
 }
 
 static void gic_cpu_init(void)