diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 401e8c1331089ebcd6b752fddc71d3214f6d331a..fc3c07fe7df58a22c01c8c1180d0b394bde8b59a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ static bool bad_spectre_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
 		return false;
 
+	if (c->x86 != 6)
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spectre_bad_microcodes); i++) {
 		if (c->x86_model == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].model &&
 		    c->x86_stepping == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].stepping)