diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 6d5b6f0..00f5962 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@
 extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * sending the IPI through x2apic wrmsr. We need a serializing instruction or
+ * mfence for this.
+ */
+static inline void x2apic_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
+}
+
 static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 {
 	if (reg == APIC_DFR || reg == APIC_ID || reg == APIC_LDR ||