diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 910601c59d31..fe6994fa58bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
 
 extern void setup_clear_cpu_cap(unsigned int bit);
 extern void clear_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, unsigned int bit);
+void check_cpufeature_deps(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 #define setup_force_cpu_cap(bit) do {			\
 							\
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index a2b9a7907cbd..73565168fc19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 		c->cpu_index = 0;
 		filter_cpuid_features(c, false);
+		check_cpufeature_deps(c);
 
 		if (this_cpu->c_bsp_init)
 			this_cpu->c_bsp_init(c);
@@ -1908,6 +1909,9 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* Filter out anything that depends on CPUID levels we don't have */
 	filter_cpuid_features(c, true);
 
+	/* Check for unmet dependencies based on the CPUID dependency table */
+	check_cpufeature_deps(c);
+
 	/* If the model name is still unset, do table lookup. */
 	if (!c->x86_model_id[0]) {
 		const char *p;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
index df838e3bdbe0..a2fbea0be535 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
@@ -147,3 +147,38 @@ void setup_clear_cpu_cap(unsigned int feature)
 {
 	do_clear_cpu_cap(NULL, feature);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Return the feature "name" if available, otherwise return
+ * the X86_FEATURE_* numerals to make it easier to identify
+ * the feature.
+ */
+static const char *x86_feature_name(unsigned int feature, char *buf)
+{
+	if (x86_cap_flags[feature])
+		return x86_cap_flags[feature];
+
+	snprintf(buf, 16, "%d*32+%2d", feature / 32, feature % 32);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+void check_cpufeature_deps(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	char feature_buf[16], depends_buf[16];
+	const struct cpuid_dep *d;
+
+	for (d = cpuid_deps; d->feature; d++) {
+		if (cpu_has(c, d->feature) && !cpu_has(c, d->depends)) {
+			/*
+			 * Only warn about the first unmet dependency on the
+			 * first CPU where it is encountered to avoid spamming
+			 * the kernel log.
+			 */
+			pr_warn_once("x86 CPU feature dependency check failure: CPU%d has '%s' enabled but '%s' disabled. Kernel might be fine, but no guarantees.\n",
+				     smp_processor_id(),
+				     x86_feature_name(d->feature, feature_buf),
+				     x86_feature_name(d->depends, depends_buf));
+		}
+	}
+}