diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 3636ec06c88758ccf13793dd6a1d14c31bb7fc4e..fee7a6efcd2da98b24fa96e584b564d9169ea48f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
 #define cpu_has_avx2		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX2)
 #define cpu_has_clflush		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)
 #define cpu_has_gbpages		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES)
-#define cpu_has_arch_perfmon	boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON)
 #define cpu_has_pat		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PAT)
 #define cpu_has_x2apic		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_X2APIC)
 #define cpu_has_xsave		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE)
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index 0e07e0968c3a0d5959d554c0c29ab358eb78b82b..25171e9595f7408a542f47086fc179224768630d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type)
 	__u8 cpu_model = boot_cpu_data.x86_model;
 	struct op_x86_model_spec *spec = &op_ppro_spec;	/* default */
 
-	if (force_cpu_type == arch_perfmon && cpu_has_arch_perfmon)
+	if (force_cpu_type == arch_perfmon && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 		if (cpu_type)
 			break;
 
-		if (!cpu_has_arch_perfmon)
+		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON))
 			return -ENODEV;
 
 		/* use arch perfmon as fallback */
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
index d90528ea541206b57f3048e191d4340ee070b40b..350f7096baac82893bc076fd6db4d04a685d7104 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void ppro_setup_ctrs(struct op_x86_model_spec const *model,
 	u64 val;
 	int i;
 
-	if (cpu_has_arch_perfmon) {
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON)) {
 		union cpuid10_eax eax;
 		eax.full = cpuid_eax(0xa);