1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 03b6bb5394a0..bc6abb7bc7ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@
 struct alt_instr {
         u8 *instr;              /* original instruction */
         u8 *replacement;
-        u8  cpuid;              /* cpuid bit set for replacement */
+        u16 cpuid;              /* cpuid bit set for replacement */
         u8  instrlen;           /* length of original instruction */
         u8  replacementlen;     /* length of new instruction, <= instrlen */
-        u8  pad1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
         u32 pad2;
 #endif
@@ -86,9 +85,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
       _ASM_ALIGN "\n"                                                   \
       _ASM_PTR "661b\n"                         /* label           */   \
       _ASM_PTR "663f\n"                         /* new instruction */   \
-      "  .byte " __stringify(feature) "\n"      /* feature bit     */   \
+      "  .word " __stringify(feature) "\n"      /* feature bit     */   \
       "  .byte 662b-661b\n"                     /* sourcelen       */   \
       "  .byte 664f-663f\n"                     /* replacementlen  */   \
+      ".previous\n"                                                     \
+      ".section .discard,\"aw\",@progbits\n"                            \
       "  .byte 0xff + (664f-663f) - (662b-661b)\n" /* rlen <= slen */   \
       ".previous\n"                                                     \
       ".section .altinstr_replacement, \"ax\"\n"                        \