diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 3f70da3a4e58d164287b9bd5f1fa035f0b14ee96..6ccbcac2cb1d49ca9fada30f5b1147ef6216368e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
 
 	mds_select_mitigation();
 
+	arch_smt_update();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	/*
 	 * Check whether we are able to run this kernel safely on SMP.
@@ -624,9 +626,6 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
 
 	/* Set up IBPB and STIBP depending on the general spectre V2 command */
 	spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(cmd);
-
-	/* Enable STIBP if appropriate */
-	arch_smt_update();
 }
 
 static void update_stibp_msr(void * __unused)