diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/delay.h
index 9b3b4f2754c71fa4b7ca1115bd20e4744016cce9..36a760bda462ef859402cbfc51302bb134665d0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/delay.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/delay.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 #include <asm-generic/delay.h>
 
 void use_tsc_delay(void);
+void use_mwaitx_delay(void);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DELAY_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 51ad2af84a72b01afe4d855a0794594a40f91981..4a70fc6d400adbd1e342f249baec98592a92509d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
+#include <asm/delay.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 # include <asm/mmconfig.h>
@@ -506,6 +507,9 @@ static void bsp_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		/* A random value per boot for bit slice [12:upper_bit) */
 		va_align.bits = get_random_int() & va_align.mask;
 	}
+
+	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAITX))
+		use_mwaitx_delay();
 }
 
 static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
index 4453d52a143d6645c1c19bb99149df8fb667b65d..e912b2f6d36e5392b33bf6749f19a53cff6d7a06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/delay.h>
 #include <asm/timer.h>
+#include <asm/mwait.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 # include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -83,6 +84,44 @@ static void delay_tsc(unsigned long __loops)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+/*
+ * On some AMD platforms, MWAITX has a configurable 32-bit timer, that
+ * counts with TSC frequency. The input value is the loop of the
+ * counter, it will exit when the timer expires.
+ */
+static void delay_mwaitx(unsigned long __loops)
+{
+	u64 start, end, delay, loops = __loops;
+
+	start = rdtsc_ordered();
+
+	for (;;) {
+		delay = min_t(u64, MWAITX_MAX_LOOPS, loops);
+
+		/*
+		 * Use cpu_tss as a cacheline-aligned, seldomly
+		 * accessed per-cpu variable as the monitor target.
+		 */
+		__monitorx(this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_tss), 0, 0);
+
+		/*
+		 * AMD, like Intel, supports the EAX hint and EAX=0xf
+		 * means, do not enter any deep C-state and we use it
+		 * here in delay() to minimize wakeup latency.
+		 */
+		__mwaitx(MWAITX_DISABLE_CSTATES, delay, MWAITX_ECX_TIMER_ENABLE);
+
+		end = rdtsc_ordered();
+
+		if (loops <= end - start)
+			break;
+
+		loops -= end - start;
+
+		start = end;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Since we calibrate only once at boot, this
  * function should be set once at boot and not changed
@@ -91,7 +130,13 @@ static void (*delay_fn)(unsigned long) = delay_loop;
 
 void use_tsc_delay(void)
 {
-	delay_fn = delay_tsc;
+	if (delay_fn == delay_loop)
+		delay_fn = delay_tsc;
+}
+
+void use_mwaitx_delay(void)
+{
+	delay_fn = delay_mwaitx;
 }
 
 int read_current_timer(unsigned long *timer_val)