diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index ea408dcba5135a04d35514e784ce7837ad90e285..7301e60dc4a83c56e28b6e8867ab6a15419347bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY	(3*32+22) /* cpu topology enum extensions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE (3*32+23) /* TSC is known to be reliable */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC	(3*32+24) /* TSC does not stop in C states */
+#define X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR (3*32+25) /* "" clflush reqd with monitor */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XMM3	(4*32+ 0) /* "pni" SSE-3 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 430e5c38a5449a93c65e0877d780bbf2cac97884..24ff26a38adecff5ef27d4e76fb74caebd1fbb88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ static void __cpuinit init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		ds_init_intel(c);
 	}
 
+	if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 29 && cpu_has_clflush)
+		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (c->x86 == 15)
 		c->x86_cache_alignment = c->x86_clflush_size * 2;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e68bb9e30864e50e764ce2581484f53aef0bfdda..6d12f7e37f8c1da5a465b110ff75ecae8c01f0c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long ax, unsigned long cx)
 
 	trace_power_start(&it, POWER_CSTATE, (ax>>4)+1);
 	if (!need_resched()) {
+		if (cpu_has(&current_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
+			clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
+
 		__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
 		smp_mb();
 		if (!need_resched())
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
 	struct power_trace it;
 	if (!need_resched()) {
 		trace_power_start(&it, POWER_CSTATE, 1);
+		if (cpu_has(&current_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
+			clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
+
 		__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
 		smp_mb();
 		if (!need_resched())