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diff --git a/include/asm-x86/system.h b/include/asm-x86/system.h
index 6c7d1fda499..39474f2957a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/system.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
+#include <asm/nops.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/irqflags.h>
@@ -395,5 +396,17 @@ void default_idle(void);
#define set_mb(var, value) do { var = value; barrier(); } while (0)
#endif
+/*
+ * Stop RDTSC speculation. This is needed when you need to use RDTSC
+ * (or get_cycles or vread that possibly accesses the TSC) in a defined
+ * code region.
+ *
+ * (Could use an alternative three way for this if there was one.)
+ */
+static inline void rdtsc_barrier(void)
+{
+ alternative(ASM_NOP3, "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC);
+ alternative(ASM_NOP3, "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
+}
#endif