diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index a39629206864e5bb74aaddea15ca1ab762877042..ed10b5bf9b93d73b3102263c7b025af6fa9b47e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -311,4 +311,6 @@
 #define X86_BUG_NULL_SEG	X86_BUG(10) /* Nulling a selector preserves the base */
 #define X86_BUG_SWAPGS_FENCE	X86_BUG(11) /* SWAPGS without input dep on GS */
 #define X86_BUG_MONITOR		X86_BUG(12) /* IPI required to wake up remote CPU */
+#define X86_BUG_AMD_E400	X86_BUG(13) /* CPU is among the affected by Erratum 400 */
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index b81fe2d63e15751c2cb7e61fd10dc85cc7f906b0..ae26c282f5d35a081fb7c06fd74a6de3861c02b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
+static const int amd_erratum_383[];
+static const int amd_erratum_400[];
+static bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *cpu, const int *erratum);
+
 /*
  * nodes_per_socket: Stores the number of nodes per socket.
  * Refer to Fam15h Models 00-0fh BKDG - CPUID Fn8000_001E_ECX
@@ -589,11 +593,16 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* F16h erratum 793, CVE-2013-6885 */
 	if (c->x86 == 0x16 && c->x86_model <= 0xf)
 		msr_set_bit(MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG, 15);
-}
 
-static const int amd_erratum_383[];
-static const int amd_erratum_400[];
-static bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *cpu, const int *erratum);
+	/*
+	 * Check whether the machine is affected by erratum 400. This is
+	 * used to select the proper idle routine and to enable the check
+	 * whether the machine is affected in arch_post_acpi_init(), which
+	 * sets the X86_BUG_AMD_APIC_C1E bug depending on the MSR check.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(c, amd_erratum_400))
+		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_AMD_E400);
+}
 
 static void init_amd_k8(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
@@ -774,9 +783,6 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86 > 0x11)
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARAT);
 
-	if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(c, amd_erratum_400))
-		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_AMD_APIC_C1E);
-
 	rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy);
 
 	/* 3DNow or LM implies PREFETCHW */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index ee023919e4766beae93979da69e7145a10750a5c..29bbbce4f2fdb6b55417d424db49a1f8ced5b413 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (x86_idle || boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL)
 		return;
 
-	if (cpu_has_bug(c, X86_BUG_AMD_APIC_C1E)) {
-		/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_AMD_E400)) {
 		pr_info("using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
 		x86_idle = amd_e400_idle;
 	} else if (prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt(c)) {