diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
index 4fab24de26b18404069994b908c79d3e4e481c50..6e6e7558e702cbdeb56a5fb7c5e048cb82f15e9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ extern void arch_unregister_cpu(int);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state);
 
+int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPU_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index d8286ed54ffaba86a0882baae443cd9d267b5a30..e764fc05d700365246d4e77f52a406bbfe1c7d22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <trace/events/power.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+#include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
 #define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO		0x01
 #define MWAIT_EDX_C1			0xf0
 
-static int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 763df77343dd99db4300a74304013ea685310f55..0cbe8c0b35edd290e98c989cfc48c5b4b0af350a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1402,8 +1402,9 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
 	unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0;
 	int i;
 	void *mwait_ptr;
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = __this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info);
 
-	if (!cpu_has(__this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info), X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
+	if (!(cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)))
 		return;
 	if (!cpu_has(__this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info), X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH))
 		return;