diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 5084c2f5ac2004a4ef951bd920dce1a6e60ba929..eebdc1fde3d128b3200a091fcb495704dbc39edb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ unsigned long calc_aperfmperf_ratio(struct aperfmperf *old,
  * AMD errata checking
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
+extern const int amd_erratum_400[];
 extern bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(const int *);
 
 #define AMD_LEGACY_ERRATUM(...)		{ -1, __VA_ARGS__, 0 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 80665410b064cb79c32396eea1eacd8d76f19139..a62a4ae7a11ae532c524e0ad459920ce8d625ebd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ cpu_dev_register(amd_cpu_dev);
  *			   AMD_MODEL_RANGE(0x10, 0x9, 0x0, 0x9, 0x0));
  */
 
+const int amd_erratum_400[] =
+	AMD_OSVW_ERRATUM(1, AMD_MODEL_RANGE(0xf, 0x41, 0x2, 0xff, 0xf),
+			    AMD_MODEL_RANGE(0x10, 0x2, 0x1, 0xff, 0xf));
+
+
 bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(const int *erratum)
 {
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *cpu = &current_cpu_data;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e7e35219b32f23e115c23846d06c07b0128e26ae..553b02f13094a227a8397d59ec2776f8396a141f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -525,42 +525,6 @@ static int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	return (edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1);
 }
 
-/*
- * Check for AMD CPUs, where APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e.
- * For more information see
- * - Erratum #400 for NPT family 0xf and family 0x10 CPUs
- * - Erratum #365 for family 0x11 (not affected because C1e not in use)
- */
-static int __cpuinit check_c1e_idle(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
-	u64 val;
-	if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD)
-		goto no_c1e_idle;
-
-	/* Family 0x0f models < rev F do not have C1E */
-	if (c->x86 == 0x0F && c->x86_model >= 0x40)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (c->x86 == 0x10) {
-		/*
-		 * check OSVW bit for CPUs that are not affected
-		 * by erratum #400
-		 */
-		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_OSVW)) {
-			rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_ID_LENGTH, val);
-			if (val >= 2) {
-				rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_STATUS, val);
-				if (!(val & BIT(1)))
-					goto no_c1e_idle;
-			}
-		}
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-no_c1e_idle:
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static cpumask_var_t c1e_mask;
 static int c1e_detected;
 
@@ -638,7 +602,8 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		 */
 		printk(KERN_INFO "using mwait in idle threads.\n");
 		pm_idle = mwait_idle;
-	} else if (check_c1e_idle(c)) {
+	} else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
+		/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
 		printk(KERN_INFO "using C1E aware idle routine\n");
 		pm_idle = c1e_idle;
 	} else