diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 6d02e3b063756f6225078df7e00f981478ef5f45..d76f0b70c6e09a0dd4bf52d77df7aa85651377c9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ static int get_tjmax(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, u32 id, struct device *dev)
 		if (cpu_has_tjmax(c))
 			dev_warn(dev, "Unable to read TjMax from CPU %u\n", id);
 	} else {
-		val = (eax >> 16) & 0x7f;
+		val = (eax >> 16) & 0xff;
 		/*
 		 * If the TjMax is not plausible, an assumption
 		 * will be used
 		 */
-		if (val >= 85) {
+		if (val) {
 			dev_dbg(dev, "TjMax is %d degrees C\n", val);
 			return val * 1000;
 		}