diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 325b7bdbebaa..f358241e4121 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -764,29 +764,6 @@ extern unsigned long		idle_halt;
 extern unsigned long		idle_nomwait;
 extern bool			c1e_detected;
 
-/*
- * on systems with caches, caches must be flashed as the absolute
- * last instruction before going into a suspended halt.  Otherwise,
- * dirty data can linger in the cache and become stale on resume,
- * leading to strange errors.
- *
- * perform a variety of operations to guarantee that the compiler
- * will not reorder instructions.  wbinvd itself is serializing
- * so the processor will not reorder.
- *
- * Systems without cache can just go into halt.
- */
-static inline void wbinvd_halt(void)
-{
-	mb();
-	/* check for clflush to determine if wbinvd is legal */
-	if (cpu_has_clflush)
-		asm volatile("cli; wbinvd; 1: hlt; jmp 1b" : : : "memory");
-	else
-		while (1)
-			halt();
-}
-
 extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
 extern int sysenter_setup(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 8b3bfc4dd708..07bf4233441d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/mtrr.h>
+#include <asm/mwait.h>
 #include <asm/vmi.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
@@ -1383,11 +1384,71 @@ void play_dead_common(void)
 	local_irq_disable();
 }
 
+/*
+ * We need to flush the caches before going to sleep, lest we have
+ * dirty data in our caches when we come back up.
+ */
+static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
+{
+	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+	unsigned int highest_cstate = 0;
+	unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!cpu_has(&current_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
+		return;
+	if (current_cpu_data.cpuid_level < CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF)
+		return;
+
+	eax = CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF;
+	ecx = 0;
+	native_cpuid(&eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+
+	/*
+	 * eax will be 0 if EDX enumeration is not valid.
+	 * Initialized below to cstate, sub_cstate value when EDX is valid.
+	 */
+	if (!(ecx & CPUID5_ECX_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED)) {
+		eax = 0;
+	} else {
+		edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE;
+		for (i = 0; i < 7 && edx; i++, edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) {
+			if (edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK) {
+				highest_cstate = i;
+				highest_subcstate = edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK;
+			}
+		}
+		eax = (highest_cstate << MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) |
+			(highest_subcstate - 1);
+	}
+
+	while (1) {
+		mb();
+		wbinvd();
+		__monitor(&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
+		mb();
+		__mwait(eax, 0);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void hlt_play_dead(void)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		mb();
+		if (current_cpu_data.x86 >= 4)
+			wbinvd();
+		mb();
+		native_halt();
+	}
+}
+
 void native_play_dead(void)
 {
 	play_dead_common();
 	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);
-	wbinvd_halt();
+
+	mwait_play_dead();	/* Only returns on failure */
+	hlt_play_dead();
 }
 
 #else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */