diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index 6266d6b9e0b8..59bd25ac7292 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ static inline void wrpkru(u32 pkru)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* PAUSE is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
+static __always_inline void native_pause(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("pause": : :"memory");
+}
+
 static __always_inline void wbinvd(void)
 {
 	asm volatile("wbinvd": : :"memory");
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index c9b2ba7a9ec4..169219864d61 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 
-/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
-static __always_inline void rep_nop(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory");
-}
+#include <asm/special_insns.h>
 
 static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
 {
-	rep_nop();
+	native_pause();
 }
 
 struct getcpu_cache;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index eebc360ed1bb..ba5a4ccda37a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static void __init delay_with_tsc(void)
 	 * 1 GHz == 40 jiffies
 	 */
 	do {
-		rep_nop();
+		native_pause();
 		now = rdtsc();
 	} while ((now - start) < 40000000000ULL / HZ &&	time_before_eq(jiffies, end));
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
index e86eda2c0b04..eb2d2e1cbddd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void delay_tsc(u64 cycles)
 
 		/* Allow RT tasks to run */
 		preempt_enable();
-		rep_nop();
+		native_pause();
 		preempt_disable();
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
index 478710384b34..31d71198778e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
@@ -19,21 +19,16 @@
 #define ARCH_IS_STACKGROW(address) \
        (address + 65536 + 32 * sizeof(unsigned long) >= UPT_SP(&current->thread.regs.regs))
 
+#include <asm/special_insns.h>
 #include <asm/user.h>
 
-/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
-static __always_inline void rep_nop(void)
-{
-	__asm__ __volatile__("rep;nop": : :"memory");
-}
-
 static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
 {
 	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_INFCPU ||
 	    time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		time_travel_ndelay(1);
 	else
-		rep_nop();
+		native_pause();
 }
 
 #define task_pt_regs(t) (&(t)->thread.regs)