diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d239977f361f0fec13a50e7486efbafa29df7347..080f4a737e3e798f53f69e68f2cbd0f81df83af4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ void __init identify_boot_cpu(void)
 #else
 	vgetcpu_set_mode();
 #endif
-	if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level >= 2)
-		cpu_detect_tlb(&boot_cpu_data);
+	cpu_detect_tlb(&boot_cpu_data);
 }
 
 void __cpuinit identify_secondary_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 0a4ce2980a5a33e90bea05599a015a0c1381bf23..198e019a531af8f26c9c094560d87b325998428b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -648,6 +648,10 @@ static void __cpuinit intel_detect_tlb(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	int i, j, n;
 	unsigned int regs[4];
 	unsigned char *desc = (unsigned char *)regs;
+
+	if (c->cpuid_level < 2)
+		return;
+
 	/* Number of times to iterate */
 	n = cpuid_eax(2) & 0xFF;