diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 3ca3e46aa405..24e94ce454e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ static void __setup_APIC_LVTT(unsigned int clocks, int oneshot, int irqen)
 	apic_write(APIC_LVTT, lvtt_value);
 
 	if (lvtt_value & APIC_LVT_TIMER_TSCDEADLINE) {
+		/*
+		 * See Intel SDM: TSC-Deadline Mode chapter. In xAPIC mode,
+		 * writing to the APIC LVTT and TSC_DEADLINE MSR isn't serialized.
+		 * According to Intel, MFENCE can do the serialization here.
+		 */
+		asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
+
 		printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "TSC deadline timer enabled\n");
 		return;
 	}