diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 2ecb41788fb6..35da008dc70c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -454,14 +454,22 @@ intel_read_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg)
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
-			int reg, u32 value)
+intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg, u32 value)
 {
-	mb();
-	clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
-	engine->status_page.page_addr[reg] = value;
-	clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
-	mb();
+	/* Writing into the status page should be done sparingly. Since
+	 * we do when we are uncertain of the device state, we take a bit
+	 * of extra paranoia to try and ensure that the HWS takes the value
+	 * we give and that it doesn't end up trapped inside the CPU!
+	 */
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)) {
+		mb();
+		clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
+		engine->status_page.page_addr[reg] = value;
+		clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
+		mb();
+	} else {
+		WRITE_ONCE(engine->status_page.page_addr[reg], value);
+	}
 }
 
 /*