diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 81860cc012d1..cb33b5f00267 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -211,33 +211,6 @@ do {                                                            \
 
 #endif	/* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT */
 
-static inline int rdmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long *p)
-{
-	u32 gprs[8] = { 0 };
-	int err;
-
-	gprs[1] = msr;
-	gprs[7] = 0x9c5a203a;
-
-	err = rdmsr_safe_regs(gprs);
-
-	*p = gprs[0] | ((u64)gprs[2] << 32);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-static inline int wrmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long val)
-{
-	u32 gprs[8] = { 0 };
-
-	gprs[0] = (u32)val;
-	gprs[1] = msr;
-	gprs[2] = val >> 32;
-	gprs[7] = 0x9c5a203a;
-
-	return wrmsr_safe_regs(gprs);
-}
-
 #define checking_wrmsrl(msr, val) wrmsr_safe((msr), (u32)(val),		\
 					     (u32)((val) >> 32))
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 80ccd99542e6..c928eb26ada6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -19,6 +19,39 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
+static inline int rdmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long *p)
+{
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(smp_processor_id());
+	u32 gprs[8] = { 0 };
+	int err;
+
+	WARN_ONCE((c->x86 != 0xf), "%s should only be used on K8!\n", __func__);
+
+	gprs[1] = msr;
+	gprs[7] = 0x9c5a203a;
+
+	err = rdmsr_safe_regs(gprs);
+
+	*p = gprs[0] | ((u64)gprs[2] << 32);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static inline int wrmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long val)
+{
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(smp_processor_id());
+	u32 gprs[8] = { 0 };
+
+	WARN_ONCE((c->x86 != 0xf), "%s should only be used on K8!\n", __func__);
+
+	gprs[0] = (u32)val;
+	gprs[1] = msr;
+	gprs[2] = val >> 32;
+	gprs[7] = 0x9c5a203a;
+
+	return wrmsr_safe_regs(gprs);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /*
  *	B step AMD K6 before B 9730xxxx have hardware bugs that can cause