diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4eeb41faf6b0..636681247d01 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 489a71b029cd94e3b0132795146e8be3a87bf3fa
+refs/heads/master: 19209bbb8612004bc20a1f70ff12926f99fe2643
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 1d92a5ab6e8b..ad57d832d96f 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -594,9 +594,17 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 
+	/* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */
 	if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
 		return 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not
+	 * use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait
+	 */
+	if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
 		return 0;