diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 63e573177203..a50edc2fe841 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 20413f27163fb1b8b806c0c219dc95eae67c633a
+refs/heads/master: 1ba4f22c426ba04b00fd717318d50620c621a0e1
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index dca9c545f44e..468145914389 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ static __always_inline __pure bool __static_cpu_has(u8 bit)
 #endif
 }
 
+#if __GNUC__ >= 4
 #define static_cpu_has(bit)					\
 (								\
 	__builtin_constant_p(boot_cpu_has(bit)) ?		\
@@ -340,6 +341,12 @@ static __always_inline __pure bool __static_cpu_has(u8 bit)
 		__static_cpu_has(bit) :				\
 		boot_cpu_has(bit)				\
 )
+#else
+/*
+ * gcc 3.x is too stupid to do the static test; fall back to dynamic.
+ */
+#define static_cpu_has(bit) boot_cpu_has(bit)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) */