diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index a3e8cd762a23be24527414160aa2117b5b27a212..eac7572bf8bb41d6a5acd96d8eab95e86f5cebad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512VBMI  (16*32+ 1) /* AVX512 Vector Bit Manipulation instructions*/
 #define X86_FEATURE_PKU		(16*32+ 3) /* Protection Keys for Userspace */
 #define X86_FEATURE_OSPKE	(16*32+ 4) /* OS Protection Keys Enable */
+#define X86_FEATURE_RDPID	(16*32+ 22) /* RDPID instruction */
 
 /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000007 (ebx), word 17 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV (17*32+0) /* MCA overflow recovery support */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
index e728699db7741f0282441a79635a88afd23259c8..3a01996db58fbf7bfa41ca52c86f323d4bb6c937 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ static inline unsigned int __getcpu(void)
 	 * works on all CPUs.  This is volatile so that it orders
 	 * correctly wrt barrier() and to keep gcc from cleverly
 	 * hoisting it out of the calling function.
+	 *
+	 * If RDPID is available, use it.
 	 */
-	asm volatile ("lsl %1,%0" : "=r" (p) : "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG));
+	alternative_io ("lsl %[p],%[seg]",
+			".byte 0xf3,0x0f,0xc7,0xf8", /* RDPID %eax/rax */
+			X86_FEATURE_RDPID,
+			[p] "=a" (p), [seg] "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG));
 
 	return p;
 }