diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 53bab12..e8ebafa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE	if ACPI
 	select ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE	if !X86_PAE
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bugs.h
index 92ae283..f25ca2d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bugs.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
-extern void check_bugs(void);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
 int ppro_with_ram_bug(void);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 182af64..9e2a918 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  *	- Andrew D. Balsa (code cleanup).
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/vmx.h>
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
-#include <asm/alternative.h>
-#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 #include <asm/e820/api.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
@@ -125,21 +122,8 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_l1d_flush);
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mmio_stale_data_clear);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmio_stale_data_clear);
 
-void __init check_bugs(void)
+void __init cpu_select_mitigations(void)
 {
-	identify_boot_cpu();
-
-	/*
-	 * identify_boot_cpu() initialized SMT support information, let the
-	 * core code know.
-	 */
-	cpu_smt_check_topology();
-
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) {
-		pr_info("CPU: ");
-		print_cpu_info(&boot_cpu_data);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Read the SPEC_CTRL MSR to account for reserved bits which may
 	 * have unknown values. AMD64_LS_CFG MSR is cached in the early AMD
@@ -176,39 +160,6 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
 	md_clear_select_mitigation();
 	srbds_select_mitigation();
 	l1d_flush_select_mitigation();
-
-	arch_smt_update();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	/*
-	 * Check whether we are able to run this kernel safely on SMP.
-	 *
-	 * - i386 is no longer supported.
-	 * - In order to run on anything without a TSC, we need to be
-	 *   compiled for a i486.
-	 */
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 4)
-		panic("Kernel requires i486+ for 'invlpg' and other features");
-
-	init_utsname()->machine[1] =
-		'0' + (boot_cpu_data.x86 > 6 ? 6 : boot_cpu_data.x86);
-	alternative_instructions();
-
-	fpu__init_check_bugs();
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-	alternative_instructions();
-
-	/*
-	 * Make sure the first 2MB area is not mapped by huge pages
-	 * There are typically fixed size MTRRs in there and overlapping
-	 * MTRRs into large pages causes slow downs.
-	 *
-	 * Right now we don't do that with gbpages because there seems
-	 * very little benefit for that case.
-	 */
-	if (!direct_gbpages)
-		set_memory_4k((unsigned long)__va(0), 1);
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 80710a6..18612e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kgdb.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
 #include <linux/stackprotector.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
 
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/cmdline.h>
 #include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
 #include <asm/uv/uv.h>
+#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 #include <asm/sigframe.h>
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/sev.h>
@@ -2362,3 +2366,52 @@ void arch_smt_update(void)
 	/* Check whether IPI broadcasting can be enabled */
 	apic_smt_update();
 }
+
+void __init arch_cpu_finalize_init(void)
+{
+	identify_boot_cpu();
+
+	/*
+	 * identify_boot_cpu() initialized SMT support information, let the
+	 * core code know.
+	 */
+	cpu_smt_check_topology();
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) {
+		pr_info("CPU: ");
+		print_cpu_info(&boot_cpu_data);
+	}
+
+	cpu_select_mitigations();
+
+	arch_smt_update();
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32)) {
+		/*
+		 * Check whether this is a real i386 which is not longer
+		 * supported and fixup the utsname.
+		 */
+		if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 4)
+			panic("Kernel requires i486+ for 'invlpg' and other features");
+
+		init_utsname()->machine[1] =
+			'0' + (boot_cpu_data.x86 > 6 ? 6 : boot_cpu_data.x86);
+	}
+
+	alternative_instructions();
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64)) {
+		/*
+		 * Make sure the first 2MB area is not mapped by huge pages
+		 * There are typically fixed size MTRRs in there and overlapping
+		 * MTRRs into large pages causes slow downs.
+		 *
+		 * Right now we don't do that with gbpages because there seems
+		 * very little benefit for that case.
+		 */
+		if (!direct_gbpages)
+			set_memory_4k((unsigned long)__va(0), 1);
+	} else {
+		fpu__init_check_bugs();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index f97b0fe..1c44630 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern void detect_ht(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void check_null_seg_clears_base(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 unsigned int aperfmperf_get_khz(int cpu);
+void cpu_select_mitigations(void);
 
 extern void x86_spec_ctrl_setup_ap(void);
 extern void update_srbds_msr(void);
