diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 05db790af8e6..e07fa3bc57ba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 552be871e67ff577ed36beb2f53d078b42304739
+refs/heads/master: 11e3a840cd5b731cdd8f6f956dfae78a8046d09c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 1c25eb69ea86..656d02ea509b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ extern struct desc_ptr		early_gdt_descr;
 
 extern void cpu_set_gdt(int);
 extern void switch_to_new_gdt(int);
+extern void load_percpu_segment(int);
 extern void cpu_init(void);
 
 static inline unsigned long get_debugctlmsr(void)
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 6eacd64b602e..0f73ea423089 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@ static char __cpuinit *table_lookup_model(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 __u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS] __cpuinitdata;
 
+void load_percpu_segment(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	loadsegment(fs, __KERNEL_PERCPU);
+#else
+	loadsegment(gs, 0);
+	wrmsrl(MSR_GS_BASE, (unsigned long)per_cpu(irq_stack_union.gs_base, cpu));
+#endif
+}
+
 /* Current gdt points %fs at the "master" per-cpu area: after this,
  * it's on the real one. */
 void switch_to_new_gdt(int cpu)
@@ -263,12 +273,8 @@ void switch_to_new_gdt(int cpu)
 	gdt_descr.size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
 	load_gdt(&gdt_descr);
 	/* Reload the per-cpu base */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	loadsegment(fs, __KERNEL_PERCPU);
-#else
-	loadsegment(gs, 0);
-	wrmsrl(MSR_GS_BASE, (unsigned long)per_cpu(irq_stack_union.gs_base, cpu));
-#endif
+
+	load_percpu_segment(cpu);
 }
 
 static struct cpu_dev *cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_NUM] = {};