diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 61b611e9eeaf..b297c48389b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Machine check
 		to broadcast MCEs.
    mce=bootlog
 		Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
-		Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
+		Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h and older because some BIOS
+		leave bogus ones.
 		If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
 		to make sure you log even machine check events that result
 		in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 3c54c2b9efc2..b58b77808ce4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ static int __mcheck_cpu_apply_quirks(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			 */
 			clear_bit(10, (unsigned long *)&mce_banks[4].ctl);
 		}
-		if (c->x86 < 17 && cfg->bootlog < 0) {
+		if (c->x86 < 0x11 && cfg->bootlog < 0) {
 			/*
 			 * Lots of broken BIOS around that don't clear them
 			 * by default and leave crap in there. Don't log:
@@ -1832,7 +1832,8 @@ void mce_disable_bank(int bank)
  * mce=TOLERANCELEVEL[,monarchtimeout] (number, see above)
  *	monarchtimeout is how long to wait for other CPUs on machine
  *	check, or 0 to not wait
- * mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default on AMD.
+ * mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h
+	and older.
  * mce=nobootlog Don't log MCEs from before booting.
  * mce=bios_cmci_threshold Don't program the CMCI threshold
  * mce=recovery force enable memcpy_mcsafe()