diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
index a77c612aad00..165f13158c60 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ static void collect_cpu_info (void *unused)
 	}
 
 	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");
+	/* see notes above for revision 1.07.  Apparent chip bug */
+	serialize_cpu();
 	/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], uci->rev);
 	pr_debug("microcode: collect_cpu_info : sig=0x%x, pf=0x%x, rev=0x%x\n",
@@ -377,7 +378,9 @@ static void do_update_one (void * unused)
 		(unsigned long) uci->mc->bits >> 16 >> 16);
 	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
 
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");
+	/* see notes above for revision 1.07.  Apparent chip bug */
+	serialize_cpu();
+
 	/* get the current revision from MSR 0x8B */
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, val[0], val[1]);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index 7e17d3b4f65a..a0489b222702 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ static inline void clear_in_cr4 (unsigned long mask)
 	outb((data), 0x23); \
 } while (0)
 
+static inline void serialize_cpu(void)
+{
+	 __asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");
+}
+
 static inline void __monitor(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
 		unsigned long edx)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
index 85549e656eeb..194160f6a43f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
@@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ static inline void prefetchw(void *x)
 	outb((data), 0x23); \
 } while (0)
 
+static inline void serialize_cpu(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");
+}
+
 static inline void __monitor(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
 		unsigned long edx)
 {