diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e04d9a54795f..871cda21c5c7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ea53069231f9317062910d6e772cca4ce93de8c8
+refs/heads/master: a68e5c94f7d3dd64fef34dd5d97e365cae4bb42a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 07bf4233441d..55c80ffb8719 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1422,9 +1422,9 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
 			(highest_subcstate - 1);
 	}
 
+	wbinvd();
+
 	while (1) {
-		mb();
-		wbinvd();
 		__monitor(&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
 		mb();
 		__mwait(eax, 0);
@@ -1433,11 +1433,10 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
 
 static inline void hlt_play_dead(void)
 {
+	if (current_cpu_data.x86 >= 4)
+		wbinvd();
+
 	while (1) {
-		mb();
-		if (current_cpu_data.x86 >= 4)
-			wbinvd();
-		mb();
 		native_halt();
 	}
 }