diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 57af25cb44f63253ab25e87e2f4fac8328bc486a..51abd44ab8c2dce145d726dc0b3bf7f72da59f78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -197,16 +197,6 @@ static inline bool apic_needs_pit(void) { return true; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
-/*
- * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
- * sending the IPI through x2apic wrmsr. We need a serializing instruction or
- * mfence for this.
- */
-static inline void x2apic_wrmsr_fence(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
-}
-
 static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 {
 	if (reg == APIC_DFR || reg == APIC_ID || reg == APIC_LDR ||
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index 7f828fe497978e3132a2c6d87786d02029719fd2..4819d5e5a3353d7db2fa314f9665a6cd07db741a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -84,4 +84,22 @@ do {									\
 
 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
 
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * a WRMSR.
+ *
+ * MFENCE makes writes visible, but only affects load/store
+ * instructions.  WRMSR is unfortunately not a load/store
+ * instruction and is unaffected by MFENCE.  The LFENCE ensures
+ * that the WRMSR is not reordered.
+ *
+ * Most WRMSRs are full serializing instructions themselves and
+ * do not require this barrier.  This is only required for the
+ * IA32_TSC_DEADLINE and X2APIC MSRs.
+ */
+static inline void weak_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("mfence; lfence" : : : "memory");
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_BARRIER_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 113f6ca7b82849fd18271f3661b78b479accc2e6..f4c0514fc5108f769355cad2f9a764e95262d295 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include <asm/mpspec.h>
 #include <asm/i8259.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
@@ -472,6 +473,9 @@ static int lapic_next_deadline(unsigned long delta,
 {
 	u64 tsc;
 
+	/* This MSR is special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	tsc = rdtsc();
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_DEADLINE, tsc + (((u64) delta) * TSC_DIVISOR));
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index b0889c48a2ac5e02e2ff64c53b1b1f8e25cef7eb..7eec3c154fa2477bb4fb5b268a814521df39c01e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI(int cpu, int vector)
 {
 	u32 dest = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_logical_apicid, cpu);
 
-	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+	/* x2apic MSRs are special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
 	__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(dest, vector, APIC_DEST_LOGICAL);
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ __x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector, int apic_dest)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 dest;
 
-	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+	/* x2apic MSRs are special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	tmpmsk = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(ipi_mask);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index e14eae6d6ea71adc7322bcb0fd8538ce0ca6dc61..032a00e5d9fa6603e8e7662ebdf9d93c5b6a4901 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI(int cpu, int vector)
 {
 	u32 dest = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu);
 
-	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+	/* x2apic MSRs are special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
 	__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(dest, vector, APIC_DEST_PHYSICAL);
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ __x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector, int apic_dest)
 	unsigned long this_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+	/* x2apic MSRs are special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ void __x2apic_send_IPI_shorthand(int vector, u32 which)
 {
 	unsigned long cfg = __prepare_ICR(which, vector, 0);
 
-	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+	/* x2apic MSRs are special and need a special fence: */
+	weak_wrmsr_fence();
 	native_x2apic_icr_write(cfg, 0);
 }