diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 7038b95d363f26..4db35544de738f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -620,7 +620,12 @@ static int __kprobes stop_machine_text_poke(void *data)
 		flush_icache_range((unsigned long)p->addr,
 				   (unsigned long)p->addr + p->len);
 	}
-
+	/*
+	 * Intel Archiecture Software Developer's Manual section 7.1.3 specifies
+	 * that a core serializing instruction such as "cpuid" should be
+	 * executed on _each_ core before the new instruction is made visible.
+	 */
+	sync_core();
 	return 0;
 }