diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 4bd326d0322c..f0f29ddf33a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 } };
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
 
+__u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS] __cpuinitdata;
+
 static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
 static int disable_x86_fxsr __cpuinitdata;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;
@@ -497,6 +499,10 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			boot_cpu_data.x86_capability[i] &= c->x86_capability[i];
 	}
 
+	/* Clear all flags overriden by options */
+	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++)
+		c->x86_capability[i] ^= cleared_cpu_caps[i];
+
 	/* Init Machine Check Exception if available. */
 	mcheck_init(c);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 7edb43f0b279..df159520bbd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 
+__u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS] __cpuinitdata;
+
 unsigned long mmu_cr4_features;
 
 /* Boot loader ID as an integer, for the benefit of proc_dointvec */
@@ -1013,6 +1015,10 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			boot_cpu_data.x86_capability[i] &= c->x86_capability[i];
 	}
 
+	/* Clear all flags overriden by options */
+	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++)
+		c->x86_capability[i] ^= cleared_cpu_caps[i];
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
 	mcheck_init(c);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
index 29727bf0e177..b8f53f869e1f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@
 
 #define set_cpu_cap(c, bit)	set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
 #define clear_cpu_cap(c, bit)	clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
+#define setup_clear_cpu_cap(bit) do { \
+	clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, bit);	\
+	set_bit(bit, cleared_cpu_caps); 	\
+} while (0)
 
 #define cpu_has_fpu		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)
 #define cpu_has_vme		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VME)
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
index 81ecfed83e47..ab4d0c2a3f8f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
 extern struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data;
 extern struct cpuinfo_x86 new_cpu_data;
 extern struct tss_struct doublefault_tss;
+extern __u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct cpuinfo_x86, cpu_info);