diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/Kconfig
index 1d9bb115cbf6..8fe54ff00580 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/Kconfig
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ config INFINIBAND_IPATH
 	as IP-over-InfiniBand as well as with userspace applications
 	(in conjunction with InfiniBand userspace access).
 	For QLogic PCIe QLE based cards, use the QIB driver instead.
+
+	If you have this hardware you will need to boot with PAT disabled
+	on your x86-64 systems, use the nopat kernel parameter.
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
index bd0caedafe99..2d7e503d13cb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+#include <asm/pat.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "ipath_kernel.h"
 #include "ipath_verbs.h"
@@ -395,6 +398,14 @@ static int ipath_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	unsigned long long addr;
 	u32 bar0 = 0, bar1 = 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	if (WARN(pat_enabled(),
+		 "ipath needs PAT disabled, boot with nopat kernel parameter\n")) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto bail;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	dd = ipath_alloc_devdata(pdev);
 	if (IS_ERR(dd)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dd);
@@ -542,6 +553,7 @@ static int ipath_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	dd->ipath_kregbase = __ioremap(addr, len,
 		(_PAGE_NO_CACHE|_PAGE_WRITETHRU));
 #else
+	/* XXX: split this properly to enable on PAT */
 	dd->ipath_kregbase = ioremap_nocache(addr, len);
 #endif
 
@@ -587,12 +599,8 @@ static int ipath_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	ret = ipath_enable_wc(dd);
 
-	if (ret) {
-		ipath_dev_err(dd, "Write combining not enabled "
-			      "(err %d): performance may be poor\n",
-			      -ret);
+	if (ret)
 		ret = 0;
-	}
 
 	ipath_verify_pioperf(dd);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
index e08db7020cd4..f0f947122779 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
@@ -463,9 +463,7 @@ struct ipath_devdata {
 	/* offset in HT config space of slave/primary interface block */
 	u8 ipath_ht_slave_off;
 	/* for write combining settings */
-	unsigned long ipath_wc_cookie;
-	unsigned long ipath_wc_base;
-	unsigned long ipath_wc_len;
+	int wc_cookie;
 	/* ref count for each pkey */
 	atomic_t ipath_pkeyrefs[4];
 	/* shadow copy of struct page *'s for exp tid pages */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
index 4ad0b932df1f..7b6e4c843e19 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <asm/mtrr.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
 #include "ipath_kernel.h"
@@ -122,27 +121,14 @@ int ipath_enable_wc(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 	}
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		int cookie;
-		ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "Setting mtrr for chip to WC "
-			   "(addr %llx, len=0x%llx)\n",
-			   (unsigned long long) pioaddr,
-			   (unsigned long long) piolen);
-		cookie = mtrr_add(pioaddr, piolen, MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB, 0);
-		if (cookie < 0) {
-			{
-				dev_info(&dd->pcidev->dev,
-					 "mtrr_add()  WC for PIO bufs "
-					 "failed (%d)\n",
-					 cookie);
-				ret = -EINVAL;
-			}
-		} else {
-			ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "Set mtrr for chip to WC, "
-				   "cookie is %d\n", cookie);
-			dd->ipath_wc_cookie = cookie;
-			dd->ipath_wc_base = (unsigned long) pioaddr;
-			dd->ipath_wc_len = (unsigned long) piolen;
-		}
+		dd->wc_cookie = arch_phys_wc_add(pioaddr, piolen);
+		if (dd->wc_cookie < 0) {
+			ipath_dev_err(dd, "Seting mtrr failed on PIO buffers\n");
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+		} else if (dd->wc_cookie == 0)
+			ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "Set mtrr for chip to WC not needed\n");
+		else
+			ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "Set mtrr for chip to WC\n");
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -154,16 +140,5 @@ int ipath_enable_wc(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
  */
 void ipath_disable_wc(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 {
-	if (dd->ipath_wc_cookie) {
-		int r;
-		ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "undoing WCCOMB on pio buffers\n");
-		r = mtrr_del(dd->ipath_wc_cookie, dd->ipath_wc_base,
-			     dd->ipath_wc_len);
-		if (r < 0)
-			dev_info(&dd->pcidev->dev,
-				 "mtrr_del(%lx, %lx, %lx) failed: %d\n",
-				 dd->ipath_wc_cookie, dd->ipath_wc_base,
-				 dd->ipath_wc_len, r);
-		dd->ipath_wc_cookie = 0; /* even on failure */
-	}
+	arch_phys_wc_del(dd->wc_cookie);
 }