1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index a0905ecfe7d2..c034bda842d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ static unsigned long __vmware_get_tsc_khz(void)
         return tsc_hz;
 }
 
+/*
+ * While checking the dmi string infomation, just checking the product
+ * serial key should be enough, as this will always have a VMware
+ * specific string when running under VMware hypervisor.
+ */
 int vmware_platform(void)
 {
         if (cpu_has_hypervisor) {
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ int vmware_platform(void)
                 hyper_vendor_id[12] = '\0';
                 if (!strcmp(hyper_vendor_id, "VMwareVMware"))
                         return 1;
-        } else if (dmi_available && dmi_name_in_vendors("VMware") &&
+        } else if (dmi_available && dmi_name_in_serial("VMware") &&
                    __vmware_platform())
                 return 1;