diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
index 6bcf0acb..6f0d409 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 #include <asm/vmx.h>
+#include <asm/svm.h>
 
 /*
  * VMX functions:
@@ -66,4 +67,44 @@
 		__cpu_emergency_vmxoff();
 }
 
+
+
+
+/*
+ * SVM functions:
+ */
+
+/** Check if the CPU has SVM support
+ *
+ * You can use the 'msg' arg to get a message describing the problem,
+ * if the function returns zero. Simply pass NULL if you are not interested
+ * on the messages; gcc should take care of not generating code for
+ * the messages on this case.
+ */
+static inline int cpu_has_svm(const char **msg)
+{
+	uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+		if (msg)
+			*msg = "not amd";
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cpuid(0x80000000, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+	if (eax < SVM_CPUID_FUNC) {
+		if (msg)
+			*msg = "can't execute cpuid_8000000a";
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cpuid(0x80000001, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+	if (!(ecx & (1 << SVM_CPUID_FEATURE_SHIFT))) {
+		if (msg)
+			*msg = "svm not available";
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_VIRTEX_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index f0ad4d4..0667c6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 
+#include <asm/virtext.h>
+
 #define __ex(x) __kvm_handle_fault_on_reboot(x)
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Qumranet");
@@ -245,24 +247,13 @@
 
 static int has_svm(void)
 {
-	uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+	const char *msg;
 
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "has_svm: not amd\n");
+	if (!cpu_has_svm(&msg)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "has_svn: %s\n", msg);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	cpuid(0x80000000, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-	if (eax < SVM_CPUID_FUNC) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "has_svm: can't execute cpuid_8000000a\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	cpuid(0x80000001, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-	if (!(ecx & (1 << SVM_CPUID_FEATURE_SHIFT))) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "has_svm: svm not available\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
 	return 1;
 }