diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
index d475b4398d8b..d68fca61ad91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -509,6 +509,11 @@ do {									\
  * it in software.  The address used in the cmpxchg16 instruction must be
  * aligned to a 16 byte boundary.
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#define CMPXCHG16B_EMU_CALL "call this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu\n\t" P6_NOP3
+#else
+#define CMPXCHG16B_EMU_CALL "call this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu\n\t" P6_NOP2
+#endif
 #define percpu_cmpxchg16b_double(pcp1, o1, o2, n1, n2)			\
 ({									\
 	char __ret;							\
@@ -517,7 +522,7 @@ do {									\
 	typeof(o2) __o2 = o2;						\
 	typeof(o2) __n2 = n2;						\
 	typeof(o2) __dummy;						\
-	alternative_io("call this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu\n\t" P6_NOP4,	\
+	alternative_io(CMPXCHG16B_EMU_CALL,				\
 		       "cmpxchg16b " __percpu_prefix "(%%rsi)\n\tsetz %0\n\t",	\
 		       X86_FEATURE_CX16,				\
 		       ASM_OUTPUT2("=a"(__ret), "=d"(__dummy)),		\