diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
index ba3c523aaf161..12aa2bb6bac4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -185,22 +185,22 @@ do {									\
 	typeof(var) pfo_ret__;				\
 	switch (sizeof(var)) {				\
 	case 1:						\
-		asm(op "b "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"		\
+		asm volatile(op "b "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"\
 		    : "=q" (pfo_ret__)			\
 		    : "m" (var));			\
 		break;					\
 	case 2:						\
-		asm(op "w "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"		\
+		asm volatile(op "w "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"\
 		    : "=r" (pfo_ret__)			\
 		    : "m" (var));			\
 		break;					\
 	case 4:						\
-		asm(op "l "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"		\
+		asm volatile(op "l "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"\
 		    : "=r" (pfo_ret__)			\
 		    : "m" (var));			\
 		break;					\
 	case 8:						\
-		asm(op "q "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"		\
+		asm volatile(op "q "__percpu_arg(1)",%0"\
 		    : "=r" (pfo_ret__)			\
 		    : "m" (var));			\
 		break;					\