diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index 35389b2af88e..0216f63a366b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -81,22 +81,4 @@ do {									\
 
 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
 
-/*
- * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
- * a WRMSR.
- *
- * MFENCE makes writes visible, but only affects load/store
- * instructions.  WRMSR is unfortunately not a load/store
- * instruction and is unaffected by MFENCE.  The LFENCE ensures
- * that the WRMSR is not reordered.
- *
- * Most WRMSRs are full serializing instructions themselves and
- * do not require this barrier.  This is only required for the
- * IA32_TSC_DEADLINE and X2APIC MSRs.
- */
-static inline void weak_wrmsr_fence(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("mfence; lfence" : : : "memory");
-}
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_BARRIER_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 91224a926137..5709cbba28e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_SRSO		(11*32+24) /* "" AMD BTB untrain RETs */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SRSO_ALIAS		(11*32+25) /* "" AMD BTB untrain RETs through aliasing */
 #define X86_FEATURE_IBPB_ON_VMEXIT	(11*32+26) /* "" Issue an IBPB only on VMEXIT */
+#define X86_FEATURE_APIC_MSRS_FENCE	(11*32+27) /* "" IA32_TSC_DEADLINE and X2APIC MSRs need fencing */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1 (EAX), word 12 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI		(12*32+ 4) /* AVX VNNI instructions */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 3ed6cc778503..d2b93b68fe56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -868,4 +868,22 @@ bool arch_is_platform_page(u64 paddr);
 
 extern bool gds_ucode_mitigated(void);
 
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * a WRMSR.
+ *
+ * MFENCE makes writes visible, but only affects load/store
+ * instructions.  WRMSR is unfortunately not a load/store
+ * instruction and is unaffected by MFENCE.  The LFENCE ensures
+ * that the WRMSR is not reordered.
+ *
+ * Most WRMSRs are full serializing instructions themselves and
+ * do not require this barrier.  This is only required for the
+ * IA32_TSC_DEADLINE and X2APIC MSRs.
+ */
+static inline void weak_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+	alternative("mfence; lfence", "", ALT_NOT(X86_FEATURE_APIC_MSRS_FENCE));
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 425092806f8f..37796a1d0715 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,9 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) &&
 	     cpu_has_amd_erratum(c, amd_erratum_1485))
 		msr_set_bit(MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG, MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG_SHARED_BTB_FIX_BIT);
+
+	/* AMD CPUs don't need fencing after x2APIC/TSC_DEADLINE MSR writes. */
+	clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_APIC_MSRS_FENCE);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 7f922a359ccc..d85423ec5bea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1883,6 +1883,13 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	c->apicid = apic->phys_pkg_id(c->initial_apicid, 0);
 #endif
 
+
+	/*
+	 * Set default APIC and TSC_DEADLINE MSR fencing flag. AMD and
+	 * Hygon will clear it in ->c_init() below.
+	 */
+	set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_APIC_MSRS_FENCE);
+
 	/*
 	 * Vendor-specific initialization.  In this section we
 	 * canonicalize the feature flags, meaning if there are
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hygon.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hygon.c
index 9e8380bd4fb9..8a80d5343f3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hygon.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hygon.c
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ static void init_hygon(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
 
 	check_null_seg_clears_base(c);
+
+	/* Hygon CPUs don't need fencing after x2APIC/TSC_DEADLINE MSR writes. */
+	clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_APIC_MSRS_FENCE);
 }
 
 static void cpu_detect_tlb_hygon(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)