diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
index 2cfe363..5936362 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
@@ -121,4 +121,12 @@
 	wrmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer & ~MSR_EFER_SVME_MASK);
 }
 
+/** Makes sure SVM is disabled, if it is supported on the CPU
+ */
+static inline void cpu_emergency_svm_disable(void)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_svm(NULL))
+		cpu_svm_disable();
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_VIRTEX_H */