diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index e0f47f6a1017f6c2a39830d725ccfb59b98fe520..759f0a1766124513cf015cf2f2a547710477b9f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -388,5 +388,6 @@
 #define X86_BUG_L1TF			X86_BUG(18) /* CPU is affected by L1 Terminal Fault */
 #define X86_BUG_MDS			X86_BUG(19) /* CPU is affected by Microarchitectural data sampling */
 #define X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY		X86_BUG(20) /* CPU is only affected by the  MSDBS variant of BUG_MDS */
+#define X86_BUG_SWAPGS			X86_BUG(21) /* CPU is affected by speculation through SWAPGS */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 844ad5d3ef516516fde3fad5067a80d44ce4a693..ee7d17611ead47f87774400982503b65553f209a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -282,18 +282,6 @@ static const char * const spectre_v1_strings[] = {
 	[SPECTRE_V1_MITIGATION_AUTO] = "Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization",
 };
 
-static bool is_swapgs_serializing(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Technically, swapgs isn't serializing on AMD (despite it previously
-	 * being documented as such in the APM).  But according to AMD, %gs is
-	 * updated non-speculatively, and the issuing of %gs-relative memory
-	 * operands will be blocked until the %gs update completes, which is
-	 * good enough for our purposes.
-	 */
-	return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD;
-}
-
 /*
  * Does SMAP provide full mitigation against speculative kernel access to
  * userspace?
@@ -344,9 +332,11 @@ static void __init spectre_v1_select_mitigation(void)
 			 * PTI as the CR3 write in the Meltdown mitigation
 			 * is serializing.
 			 *
-			 * If neither is there, mitigate with an LFENCE.
+			 * If neither is there, mitigate with an LFENCE to
+			 * stop speculation through swapgs.
 			 */
-			if (!is_swapgs_serializing() && !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI))
+			if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SWAPGS) &&
+			    !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI))
 				setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FENCE_SWAPGS_USER);
 
 			/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 417d09f2bcaf0583a974b85853937a6ce0834955..b33fdfa0ff49e6f9e70754051216eee0d08eed16 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ static void identify_cpu_without_cpuid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #define NO_L1TF		BIT(3)
 #define NO_MDS		BIT(4)
 #define MSBDS_ONLY	BIT(5)
+#define NO_SWAPGS	BIT(6)
 
 #define VULNWL(_vendor, _family, _model, _whitelist)	\
 	{ X86_VENDOR_##_vendor, _family, _model, X86_FEATURE_ANY, _whitelist }
@@ -975,29 +976,37 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_BONNELL,		NO_SPECULATION),
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_BONNELL_MID,		NO_SPECULATION),
 
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT_X,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT_MID,	NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_AIRMONT,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(XEON_PHI_KNL,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(XEON_PHI_KNM,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT_X,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SILVERMONT_MID,	NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_AIRMONT,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(XEON_PHI_KNL,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(XEON_PHI_KNM,		NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
 
 	VULNWL_INTEL(CORE_YONAH,		NO_SSB),
 
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_AIRMONT_MID,		NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_AIRMONT_MID,		NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS),
 
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_X,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_PLUS,	NO_MDS | NO_L1TF),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_X,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_PLUS,	NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS),
+
+	/*
+	 * Technically, swapgs isn't serializing on AMD (despite it previously
+	 * being documented as such in the APM).  But according to AMD, %gs is
+	 * updated non-speculatively, and the issuing of %gs-relative memory
+	 * operands will be blocked until the %gs update completes, which is
+	 * good enough for our purposes.
+	 */
 
 	/* AMD Family 0xf - 0x12 */
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x0f,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x10,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x11,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x12,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x0f,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x10,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x11,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x12,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS),
 
 	/* FAMILY_ANY must be last, otherwise 0x0f - 0x12 matches won't work */
-	VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS),
+	VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS),
 	{}
 };
 
@@ -1034,6 +1043,9 @@ static void __init cpu_set_bug_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY);
 	}
 
+	if (!cpu_matches(NO_SWAPGS))
+		setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SWAPGS);
+
 	if (cpu_matches(NO_MELTDOWN))
 		return;