diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
index d75237ba7ce9..2150a016176f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
@@ -29,40 +29,32 @@ static int has_fpu(void)
 	return fsw == 0 && (fcw & 0x103f) == 0x003f;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /*
  * For building the 16-bit code we want to explicitly specify 32-bit
  * push/pop operations, rather than just saying 'pushf' or 'popf' and
- * letting the compiler choose. But this is also included from the
- * compressed/ directory where it may be 64-bit code, and thus needs
- * to be 'pushfq' or 'popfq' in that case.
+ * letting the compiler choose.
  */
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-#define PUSHF "pushfq"
-#define POPF "popfq"
-#else
-#define PUSHF "pushfl"
-#define POPF "popfl"
-#endif
-
-int has_eflag(unsigned long mask)
+bool has_eflag(unsigned long mask)
 {
 	unsigned long f0, f1;
 
-	asm volatile(PUSHF "	\n\t"
-		     PUSHF "	\n\t"
+	asm volatile("pushfl	\n\t"
+		     "pushfl	\n\t"
 		     "pop %0	\n\t"
 		     "mov %0,%1	\n\t"
 		     "xor %2,%1	\n\t"
 		     "push %1	\n\t"
-		     POPF "	\n\t"
-		     PUSHF "	\n\t"
+		     "popfl	\n\t"
+		     "pushfl	\n\t"
 		     "pop %1	\n\t"
-		     POPF
+		     "popfl"
 		     : "=&r" (f0), "=&r" (f1)
 		     : "ri" (mask));
 
 	return !!((f0^f1) & mask);
 }
+#endif
 
 void cpuid_count(u32 id, u32 count, u32 *a, u32 *b, u32 *c, u32 *d)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
index fdcc2aa4c3c4..a398d9204ad0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ struct cpu_features {
 extern struct cpu_features cpu;
 extern u32 cpu_vendor[3];
 
-int has_eflag(unsigned long mask);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+bool has_eflag(unsigned long mask);
+#else
+static inline bool has_eflag(unsigned long mask) { return true; }
+#endif
 void get_cpuflags(void);
 void cpuid_count(u32 id, u32 count, u32 *a, u32 *b, u32 *c, u32 *d);
 bool has_cpuflag(int flag);