diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 9a4ee46959f3d1f04e5f4e2bb7b20b781adb1341..b0d3e7362205b8a7cd5aa73b11ed55960122b545 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -673,17 +673,28 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
 	int tmp;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_M486
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 5)
-		/* There is no speculative execution.
-		 * jmp is a barrier to prefetching. */
-		asm volatile("jmp 1f\n1:\n" ::: "memory");
-	else
+	/*
+	 * Do a CPUID if available, otherwise do a jump.  The jump
+	 * can conveniently enough be the jump around CPUID.
+	 */
+	asm volatile("cmpl %2,%1\n\t"
+		     "jl 1f\n\t"
+		     "cpuid\n"
+		     "1:"
+		     : "=a" (tmp)
+		     : "rm" (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level), "ri" (0), "0" (1)
+		     : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "memory");
+#else
+	/*
+	 * CPUID is a barrier to speculative execution.
+	 * Prefetched instructions are automatically
+	 * invalidated when modified.
+	 */
+	asm volatile("cpuid"
+		     : "=a" (tmp)
+		     : "0" (1)
+		     : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "memory");
 #endif
-		/* cpuid is a barrier to speculative execution.
-		 * Prefetched instructions are automatically
-		 * invalidated when modified. */
-		asm volatile("cpuid" : "=a" (tmp) : "0" (1)
-			     : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "memory");
 }
 
 static inline void __monitor(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,