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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 3ca3e46aa405..24e94ce454e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ static void __setup_APIC_LVTT(unsigned int clocks, int oneshot, int irqen)
apic_write(APIC_LVTT, lvtt_value);
if (lvtt_value & APIC_LVT_TIMER_TSCDEADLINE) {
+ /*
+ * See Intel SDM: TSC-Deadline Mode chapter. In xAPIC mode,
+ * writing to the APIC LVTT and TSC_DEADLINE MSR isn't serialized.
+ * According to Intel, MFENCE can do the serialization here.
+ */
+ asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
+
printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "TSC deadline timer enabled\n");
return;
}