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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 86fd2a0e4597..6d50064db182 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -377,9 +377,18 @@ config X86_OOSTORE
def_bool y
depends on (MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIP2 || MWINCHIPC6) && MTRR
+#
+# P6_NOPs are a relatively minor optimization that require a family >=
+# 6 processor, except that it is broken on certain VIA chips.
+# Furthermore, AMD chips prefer a totally different sequence of NOPs
+# (which work on all CPUs). As a result, disallow these if we're
+# compiling X86_GENERIC but not X86_64 (these NOPs do work on all
+# x86-64 capable chips); the list of processors in the right-hand clause
+# are the cores that benefit from this optimization.
+#
config X86_P6_NOP
def_bool y
- depends on (M686 || MPENTIUMII || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || PENTIUM4)
+ depends on (X86_64 || !X86_GENERIC) && (M686 || MPENTIUMII || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || PENTIUM4)
config X86_TSC
def_bool y
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