diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index 2970d22d77663f5299a8d49af690c3cf1aa7df60..91b6f4eed3fd1af6a248d552ac856b70171f192d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ static inline unsigned long __read_cr4(void)
 {
 	return PVOP_CALL0(unsigned long, pv_cpu_ops.read_cr4);
 }
-static inline unsigned long __read_cr4_safe(void)
-{
-	return PVOP_CALL0(unsigned long, pv_cpu_ops.read_cr4_safe);
-}
 
 static inline void __write_cr4(unsigned long x)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 7fa9e7740ba3db18d04c8405f549183edf60e8a5..fcf243f077ace9b3b6bee909ce296d19d26de4d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ struct pv_cpu_ops {
 	unsigned long (*read_cr0)(void);
 	void (*write_cr0)(unsigned long);
 
-	unsigned long (*read_cr4_safe)(void);
 	unsigned long (*read_cr4)(void);
 	void (*write_cr4)(unsigned long);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index 587d7914ea4b56a539d9877b1526139285165419..19a2224f9e16fc42a06828d9a49498337e525f38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -59,22 +59,19 @@ static inline void native_write_cr3(unsigned long val)
 static inline unsigned long native_read_cr4(void)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order));
-	return val;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long native_read_cr4_safe(void)
-{
-	unsigned long val;
-	/* This could fault if %cr4 does not exist. In x86_64, a cr4 always
-	 * exists, so it will never fail. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	/*
+	 * This could fault if CR4 does not exist.  Non-existent CR4
+	 * is functionally equivalent to CR4 == 0.  Keep it simple and pretend
+	 * that CR4 == 0 on CPUs that don't have CR4.
+	 */
 	asm volatile("1: mov %%cr4, %0\n"
 		     "2:\n"
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b)
 		     : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order) : "0" (0));
 #else
-	val = native_read_cr4();
+	/* CR4 always exists on x86_64. */
+	asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order));
 #endif
 	return val;
 }
@@ -182,11 +179,6 @@ static inline unsigned long __read_cr4(void)
 	return native_read_cr4();
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long __read_cr4_safe(void)
-{
-	return native_read_cr4_safe();
-}
-
 static inline void __write_cr4(unsigned long x)
 {
 	native_write_cr4(x);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index dee8a70382ba711b8830970f520e5073aad95ed4..6fa85944af83d8ddbbad3a344a31a7920e64e6d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tlb_state, cpu_tlbstate);
 /* Initialize cr4 shadow for this CPU. */
 static inline void cr4_init_shadow(void)
 {
-	this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.cr4, __read_cr4_safe());
+	this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.cr4, __read_cr4());
 }
 
 /* Set in this cpu's CR4. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
index bef340082d207f51acad6e4e3501aaffe15b95cb..bbf3d5933eaaf7efe4ab30003ab09e1ee5d78575 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ __visible struct pv_cpu_ops pv_cpu_ops = {
 	.read_cr0 = native_read_cr0,
 	.write_cr0 = native_write_cr0,
 	.read_cr4 = native_read_cr4,
-	.read_cr4_safe = native_read_cr4_safe,
 	.write_cr4 = native_write_cr4,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	.read_cr8 = native_read_cr8,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 404efdfa083b45c9bf719181ab434d15121ed4c0..bd7be8efdc4ce7ae49f155b7f701f6d6d800293f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void __show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, int all)
 	cr0 = read_cr0();
 	cr2 = read_cr2();
 	cr3 = read_cr3();
-	cr4 = __read_cr4_safe();
+	cr4 = __read_cr4();
 	printk(KERN_DEFAULT "CR0: %08lx CR2: %08lx CR3: %08lx CR4: %08lx\n",
 			cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 87f2330cc805e603748aa11bb807b53d7bf4b8c5..3aabfdcbcb525e4d9fb22d9ab2771a1451e736fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 * auditing all the early-boot CR4 manipulation would be needed to
 	 * rule it out.
 	 */
-	mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4_safe();
+	mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4();
 
 	memblock_set_current_limit(get_max_mapped());
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/power/cpu.c b/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
index b12c26e2e309541c7afdb587835d48589da5a4fd..53cace2ec0e2888baa5937edce817d00bd09de64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	ctxt->cr0 = read_cr0();
 	ctxt->cr2 = read_cr2();
 	ctxt->cr3 = read_cr3();
-	ctxt->cr4 = __read_cr4_safe();
+	ctxt->cr4 = __read_cr4();
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	ctxt->cr8 = read_cr8();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index b86ebb1a9a7f45cff133b5e99b90e34734252d16..e2cf8fcea6bb274eeae5bc0b09b9693e4215d08a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initconst = {
 	.write_cr0 = xen_write_cr0,
 
 	.read_cr4 = native_read_cr4,
-	.read_cr4_safe = native_read_cr4_safe,
 	.write_cr4 = xen_write_cr4,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64