diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 83a59a67757a77b46f7b7788074294a3a3c8a10c..9b78685b66e663c80ec3a68986a39024fd372b3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ static int __init nopat(char *str)
 }
 early_param("nopat", nopat);
 
-static bool __read_mostly __pat_initialized = false;
-
 bool pat_enabled(void)
 {
-	return __pat_initialized;
+	return !!__pat_enabled;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pat_enabled);
 
@@ -227,14 +225,13 @@ static void pat_bsp_init(u64 pat)
 	}
 
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
-	__pat_initialized = true;
 
 	__init_cache_modes(pat);
 }
 
 static void pat_ap_init(u64 pat)
 {
-	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PAT)) {
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PAT)) {
 		/*
 		 * If this happens we are on a secondary CPU, but switched to
 		 * PAT on the boot CPU. We have no way to undo PAT.
@@ -309,7 +306,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
 	u64 pat;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
 
-	if (!__pat_enabled) {
+	if (!pat_enabled()) {
 		init_cache_modes();
 		return;
 	}