diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 6eb5f05f40..d05b8ecb1b 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1649,6 +1649,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(CPUState *cs, char *features,
 {
     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
     char *featurestr; /* Single 'key=value" string being parsed */
+    FeatureWord w;
     /* Features to be added */
     FeatureWordArray plus_features = { 0 };
     /* Features to be removed */
@@ -1728,22 +1729,11 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(CPUState *cs, char *features,
         }
         featurestr = strtok(NULL, ",");
     }
-    env->features[FEAT_1_EDX] |= plus_features[FEAT_1_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_1_ECX] |= plus_features[FEAT_1_ECX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] |= plus_features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] |= plus_features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX];
-    env->features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX] |= plus_features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_KVM] |= plus_features[FEAT_KVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_SVM] |= plus_features[FEAT_SVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] |= plus_features[FEAT_7_0_EBX];
-    env->features[FEAT_1_EDX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_1_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_1_ECX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_1_ECX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX];
-    env->features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_KVM] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_KVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_SVM] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_SVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] &= ~minus_features[FEAT_7_0_EBX];
+
+    for (w = 0; w < FEATURE_WORDS; w++) {
+        env->features[w] |= plus_features[w];
+        env->features[w] &= ~minus_features[w];
+    }
 }
 
 /* generate a composite string into buf of all cpuid names in featureset
@@ -1872,24 +1862,19 @@ static void x86_cpu_load_def(X86CPU *cpu, X86CPUDefinition *def, Error **errp)
     CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
     const char *vendor;
     char host_vendor[CPUID_VENDOR_SZ + 1];
+    FeatureWord w;
 
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->level, "level", errp);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->family, "family", errp);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->model, "model", errp);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->stepping, "stepping", errp);
-    env->features[FEAT_1_EDX] = def->features[FEAT_1_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_1_ECX] = def->features[FEAT_1_ECX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] = def->features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] = def->features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX];
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->xlevel, "xlevel", errp);
-    env->features[FEAT_KVM] = def->features[FEAT_KVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_SVM] = def->features[FEAT_SVM];
-    env->features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX] = def->features[FEAT_C000_0001_EDX];
-    env->features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] = def->features[FEAT_7_0_EBX];
     env->cpuid_xlevel2 = def->xlevel2;
     cpu->cache_info_passthrough = def->cache_info_passthrough;
-
     object_property_set_str(OBJECT(cpu), def->model_id, "model-id", errp);
+    for (w = 0; w < FEATURE_WORDS; w++) {
+        env->features[w] = def->features[w];
+    }
 
     /* Special cases not set in the X86CPUDefinition structs: */
     if (kvm_enabled()) {