diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 847fee6493a268f97c56db20cdbc56e7d24eadd8..9cfc88b97742c45492d814b1d30ae3b60139da90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR (3*32+25) /* "" clflush reqd with monitor */
 #define X86_FEATURE_EXTD_APICID	(3*32+26) /* has extended APICID (8 bits) */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AMD_DCM     (3*32+27) /* multi-node processor */
+#define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF	(3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XMM3	(4*32+ 0) /* "pni" SSE-3 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index ae9b503220cafa62e818afd4bfcf3b849a86c4b3..509e6a7db719999e12461f4907f7b7af0396682a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #define INTEL_MSR_RANGE		(0xffff)
-#define CPUID_6_ECX_APERFMPERF_CAPABILITY	(0x1)
 
 struct acpi_cpufreq_data {
 	struct acpi_processor_performance *acpi_data;
@@ -731,12 +730,8 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	acpi_processor_notify_smm(THIS_MODULE);
 
 	/* Check for APERF/MPERF support in hardware */
-	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && c->cpuid_level >= 6) {
-		unsigned int ecx;
-		ecx = cpuid_ecx(6);
-		if (ecx & CPUID_6_ECX_APERFMPERF_CAPABILITY)
-			acpi_cpufreq_driver.getavg = get_measured_perf;
-	}
+	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
+		acpi_cpufreq_driver.getavg = get_measured_perf;
 
 	dprintk("CPU%u - ACPI performance management activated.\n", cpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < perf->state_count; i++)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 80a722a071b51dd9da2b2297d825ac2c0237ba82..40e1835b35e881d3479baec9d0bfa7f7ba48da9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ static void __cpuinit init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON);
 	}
 
+	if (c->cpuid_level > 6) {
+		unsigned ecx = cpuid_ecx(6);
+		if (ecx & 0x01)
+			set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF);
+	}
+
 	if (cpu_has_xmm2)
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
 	if (cpu_has_ds) {