diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
index fdbbbfec745a..719d95f1ab5e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_dr7);
 
 static __always_inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
 {
-	unsigned long val = 0;	/* Damn you, gcc! */
+	unsigned long val;
 
 	switch (regno) {
 	case 0:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
 		break;
 	case 7:
 		/*
-		 * Apply __FORCE_ORDER to DR7 reads to forbid re-ordering them
+		 * Use "asm volatile" for DR7 reads to forbid re-ordering them
 		 * with other code.
 		 *
 		 * This is needed because a DR7 access can cause a #VC exception
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
 		 * re-ordered to happen before the call to sev_es_ist_enter(),
 		 * causing stack recursion.
 		 */
-		asm volatile("mov %%db7, %0" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER);
+		asm volatile("mov %%db7, %0" : "=r" (val));
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ static __always_inline void native_set_debugreg(int regno, unsigned long value)
 		break;
 	case 7:
 		/*
-		 * Apply __FORCE_ORDER to DR7 writes to forbid re-ordering them
+		 * Use "asm volatile" for DR7 writes to forbid re-ordering them
 		 * with other code.
 		 *
 		 * While is didn't happen with a DR7 write (see the DR7 read
 		 * comment above which explains where it happened), add the
-		 * __FORCE_ORDER here too to avoid similar problems in the
+		 * "asm volatile" here too to avoid similar problems in the
 		 * future.
 		 */
-		asm volatile("mov %0, %%db7"	::"r" (value), __FORCE_ORDER);
+		asm volatile("mov %0, %%db7"	::"r" (value));
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index 6266d6b9e0b8..ecda17efa042 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -10,30 +10,19 @@
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
-/*
- * The compiler should not reorder volatile asm statements with respect to each
- * other: they should execute in program order. However GCC 4.9.x and 5.x have
- * a bug (which was fixed in 8.1, 7.3 and 6.5) where they might reorder
- * volatile asm. The write functions are not affected since they have memory
- * clobbers preventing reordering. To prevent reads from being reordered with
- * respect to writes, use a dummy memory operand.
- */
-
-#define __FORCE_ORDER "m"(*(unsigned int *)0x1000UL)
-
 void native_write_cr0(unsigned long val);
 
 static inline unsigned long native_read_cr0(void)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr0,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER);
+	asm volatile("mov %%cr0,%0" : "=r" (val));
 	return val;
 }
 
 static __always_inline unsigned long native_read_cr2(void)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr2,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER);
+	asm volatile("mov %%cr2,%0" : "=r" (val));
 	return val;
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +34,7 @@ static __always_inline void native_write_cr2(unsigned long val)
 static __always_inline unsigned long __native_read_cr3(void)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr3,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER);
+	asm volatile("mov %%cr3,%0" : "=r" (val));
 	return val;
 }
 
@@ -66,10 +55,10 @@ static inline unsigned long native_read_cr4(void)
 	asm volatile("1: mov %%cr4, %0\n"
 		     "2:\n"
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b)
-		     : "=r" (val) : "0" (0), __FORCE_ORDER);
+		     : "=r" (val) : "0" (0));
 #else
 	/* CR4 always exists on x86_64. */
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER);
+	asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0" : "=r" (val));
 #endif
 	return val;
 }