diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 6296e1ebed1dbef3e7a1d147d14bf720dcd0cb5e..d879a6c93609a6f655bd76f1efbb7750b68de5b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -446,6 +446,13 @@ void update_srbds_msr(void)
 	if (srbds_mitigation == SRBDS_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * A MDS_NO CPU for which SRBDS mitigation is not needed due to TSX
+	 * being disabled and it hasn't received the SRBDS MSR microcode.
+	 */
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRBDS_CTRL))
+		return;
+
 	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL, mcu_ctrl);
 
 	switch (srbds_mitigation) {