diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 0df7151cfef42cb908c9d76f0b4e78db1620f615..eb4cb3efd20e4cd5ec31d90c1dcf88b62b94622b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* cpu_feature_enabled() cannot be used this early */
+#define USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5
+
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>