diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
index 5c95ceb7f1225515ab3ad200a8f1e7a278a2ee18..9cbe76c3aa359763c6650aa4a57d97c16ee5d4e4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ config X86_CMOV
 	depends on (MK7 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7)
 	default y
 
-config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL
+config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 	int
-	default "4" if X86_XADD || X86_CMPXCHG || X86_BSWAP
-	default "0"
+	default "4" if X86_XADD || X86_CMPXCHG || X86_BSWAP || X86_WP_WORKS_OK
+	default "3"
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S b/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S
index 3efc5c137d14dcce182e8e2abeea046e0768a519..fff4aa61d7c305a606a96982bc8e7baea017ac28 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ verify_cpu:
 	pushl	$0			# Kill any dangerous flags
 	popfl
 
-#if CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL >= 4
+#if CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY >= 4
 	pushfl
 	pop	%eax
 	orl	$(1<<18),%eax		# try setting AC
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ verify_cpu:
 	movl    $0x1,%eax		# Does the cpu have what it takes
 	cpuid
 
-#if CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL > 4
+#if CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY > 4
 #error	add proper model checking here
 #endif