diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
index 2e559233725a453845d03e19179e8620399f15ce..26baeab3a4d4e68f2a0d222732998d696521a9ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ protected_mode_jump:
 	xorl	%ebx, %ebx		# Flag to indicate this is a boot
 	movl	%edx, %esi		# Pointer to boot_params table
 	movl	%eax, 2f		# Patch ljmpl instruction
-	jmp	1f			# Short jump to flush instruction q.
 
-1:
 	movw	$__BOOT_DS, %cx
 
 	movl	%cr0, %edx
 	orb	$1, %dl			# Protected mode (PE) bit
 	movl	%edx, %cr0
+	jmp	1f			# Short jump to serialize on 386/486
+1:
 
 	movw	%cx, %ds
 	movw	%cx, %es