diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 8aad14e43f54..5746084bafe4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,10 @@ void play_dead_common(void)
 	local_irq_disable();
 }
 
+/*
+ * We need to flush the caches before going to sleep, lest we have
+ * dirty data in our caches when we come back up.
+ */
 void __noreturn mwait_play_dead(unsigned int eax_hint)
 {
 	struct mwait_cpu_dead *md = this_cpu_ptr(&mwait_cpu_dead);
@@ -1303,50 +1307,6 @@ void __noreturn mwait_play_dead(unsigned int eax_hint)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * We need to flush the caches before going to sleep, lest we have
- * dirty data in our caches when we come back up.
- */
-static inline void mwait_play_dead_cpuid_hint(void)
-{
-	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-	unsigned int highest_cstate = 0;
-	unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0;
-	int i;
-
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
-	    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON)
-		return;
-	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
-		return;
-	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH))
-		return;
-
-	eax = CPUID_LEAF_MWAIT;
-	ecx = 0;
-	native_cpuid(&eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-
-	/*
-	 * eax will be 0 if EDX enumeration is not valid.
-	 * Initialized below to cstate, sub_cstate value when EDX is valid.
-	 */
-	if (!(ecx & CPUID5_ECX_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED)) {
-		eax = 0;
-	} else {
-		edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE;
-		for (i = 0; i < 7 && edx; i++, edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) {
-			if (edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK) {
-				highest_cstate = i;
-				highest_subcstate = edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK;
-			}
-		}
-		eax = (highest_cstate << MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) |
-			(highest_subcstate - 1);
-	}
-
-	mwait_play_dead(eax);
-}
-
 /*
  * Kick all "offline" CPUs out of mwait on kexec(). See comment in
  * mwait_play_dead().
@@ -1397,9 +1357,9 @@ void native_play_dead(void)
 	play_dead_common();
 	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);
 
-	mwait_play_dead_cpuid_hint();
-	if (cpuidle_play_dead())
-		hlt_play_dead();
+	/* Below returns only on error. */
+	cpuidle_play_dead();
+	hlt_play_dead();
 }
 
 #else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */