diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
index 1941445..461dabc 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 
 /* PCI config registers, all at F0 */
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index e88d2fb..122d2d7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <asm/dma.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
-#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
 #include <asm/tsc.h>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
index 1001f1e..2287d48 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <asm/mtrr.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
 #include "mtrr.h"
 
 int arr3_protected;
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c
index 7b39a2f..c9014ca 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/mtrr.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
+#include <asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h>
 #include "mtrr.h"
 
 
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h b/include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97568ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access. Must be inlined instead of
+ * macros to ensure correct access ordering
+ * Access order is always 0x22 (=offset), 0x23 (=value)
+ *
+ * When using the old macros a line like
+ *   setCx86(CX86_CCR2, getCx86(CX86_CCR2) | 0x88);
+ * gets expanded to:
+ *  do {
+ *    outb((CX86_CCR2), 0x22);
+ *    outb((({
+ *        outb((CX86_CCR2), 0x22);
+ *        inb(0x23);
+ *    }) | 0x88), 0x23);
+ *  } while (0);
+ *
+ * which in fact violates the access order (= 0x22, 0x22, 0x23, 0x23).
+ */
+
+static inline u8 getCx86(u8 reg)
+{
+	outb(reg, 0x22);
+	return inb(0x23);
+}
+
+static inline void setCx86(u8 reg, u8 data)
+{
+	outb(reg, 0x22);
+	outb(data, 0x23);
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index 48a7f69..3845fe7 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -168,17 +168,6 @@
 	write_cr4(cr4);
 }
 
-/*
- *      NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access macros
- */
-
-#define getCx86(reg) ({ outb((reg), 0x22); inb(0x23); })
-
-#define setCx86(reg, data) do { \
-	outb((reg), 0x22); \
-	outb((data), 0x23); \
-} while (0)
-
 /* Stop speculative execution */
 static inline void sync_core(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
index a1645bb..1952517 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
@@ -389,17 +389,6 @@
 
 #define cpu_relax()   rep_nop()
 
-/*
- *      NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access macros
- */
-
-#define getCx86(reg) ({ outb((reg), 0x22); inb(0x23); })
-
-#define setCx86(reg, data) do { \
-	outb((reg), 0x22); \
-	outb((data), 0x23); \
-} while (0)
-
 static inline void serialize_cpu(void)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");