diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 7b01ba9bc701..d2cc7dbba5e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static void __init ssb_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void);
+static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init srbds_select_mitigation(void);
@@ -122,19 +123,10 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
 	spectre_v2_select_mitigation();
 	ssb_select_mitigation();
 	l1tf_select_mitigation();
-	mds_select_mitigation();
-	taa_select_mitigation();
-	mmio_select_mitigation();
+	md_clear_select_mitigation();
 	srbds_select_mitigation();
 	l1d_flush_select_mitigation();
 
-	/*
-	 * As MDS, TAA and MMIO Stale Data mitigations are inter-related, update
-	 * and print their mitigation after MDS, TAA and MMIO Stale Data
-	 * mitigation selection is done.
-	 */
-	md_clear_update_mitigation();
-
 	arch_smt_update();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -520,6 +512,20 @@ static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void)
 		pr_info("MMIO Stale Data: %s\n", mmio_strings[mmio_mitigation]);
 }
 
+static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void)
+{
+	mds_select_mitigation();
+	taa_select_mitigation();
+	mmio_select_mitigation();
+
+	/*
+	 * As MDS, TAA and MMIO Stale Data mitigations are inter-related, update
+	 * and print their mitigation after MDS, TAA and MMIO Stale Data
+	 * mitigation selection is done.
+	 */
+	md_clear_update_mitigation();
+}
+
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"SRBDS: " fmt