diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index c24297268ebc2acffdc949eae8c7985b206b0ded..d53c54b842daca1c847d8076aadd89564b23cf00 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
 	/* Index into per_cpu list: */
 	u16			cpu_index;
 	u32			microcode;
+	/* Address space bits used by the cache internally */
+	u8			x86_cache_bits;
 	unsigned		initialized : 1;
 } __randomize_layout;
 
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ extern void cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 static inline unsigned long long l1tf_pfn_limit(void)
 {
-	return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
 extern void early_cpu_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 4c2313d0b9caadb71cd995ef584740b3113af0c1..40bdaea97fe7cac25f2b04bc239fdc520d68f09e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -668,6 +668,45 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l1tf_mitigation);
 enum vmx_l1d_flush_state l1tf_vmx_mitigation = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_AUTO;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l1tf_vmx_mitigation);
 
+/*
+ * These CPUs all support 44bits physical address space internally in the
+ * cache but CPUID can report a smaller number of physical address bits.
+ *
+ * The L1TF mitigation uses the top most address bit for the inversion of
+ * non present PTEs. When the installed memory reaches into the top most
+ * address bit due to memory holes, which has been observed on machines
+ * which report 36bits physical address bits and have 32G RAM installed,
+ * then the mitigation range check in l1tf_select_mitigation() triggers.
+ * This is a false positive because the mitigation is still possible due to
+ * the fact that the cache uses 44bit internally. Use the cache bits
+ * instead of the reported physical bits and adjust them on the affected
+ * machines to 44bit if the reported bits are less than 44.
+ */
+static void override_cache_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (c->x86 != 6)
+		return;
+
+	switch (c->x86_model) {
+	case INTEL_FAM6_NEHALEM:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_WESTMERE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SANDYBRIDGE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_ULT:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_GT3E:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+		if (c->x86_cache_bits < 44)
+			c->x86_cache_bits = 44;
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 {
 	u64 half_pa;
@@ -675,6 +714,8 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF))
 		return;
 
+	override_cache_bits(&boot_cpu_data);
+
 	switch (l1tf_mitigation) {
 	case L1TF_MITIGATION_OFF:
 	case L1TF_MITIGATION_FLUSH_NOWARN:
@@ -694,11 +735,6 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 	return;
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * This is extremely unlikely to happen because almost all
-	 * systems have far more MAX_PA/2 than RAM can be fit into
-	 * DIMM slots.
-	 */
 	half_pa = (u64)l1tf_pfn_limit() << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (e820__mapped_any(half_pa, ULLONG_MAX - half_pa, E820_TYPE_RAM)) {
 		pr_warn("System has more than MAX_PA/2 memory. L1TF mitigation not effective.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 84dee5ab745a2657499334c831ea2467408e81d4..44c4ef3d989b59b7bd98ebf617f8e5ee1d2a9548 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ void get_cpu_address_sizes(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	else if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PAE) || cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PSE36))
 		c->x86_phys_bits = 36;
 #endif
+	c->x86_cache_bits = c->x86_phys_bits;
 }
 
 static void identify_cpu_without_cpuid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)