diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
index b98dbdaee8ac..1ab7f37150d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define MWAIT_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK	0x1
 #define MWAITX_ECX_TIMER_ENABLE		BIT(1)
 #define MWAITX_MAX_LOOPS		((u32)-1)
-#define MWAITX_DISABLE_CSTATES		0xf
+#define MWAITX_DISABLE_CSTATES		0xf0
 
 static inline void __monitor(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
 			     unsigned long edx)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
index 45772560aceb..fc0cc6d08157 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ static void delay_mwaitx(unsigned long __loops)
 		__monitorx(this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_tss), 0, 0);
 
 		/*
-		 * AMD, like Intel, supports the EAX hint and EAX=0xf
-		 * means, do not enter any deep C-state and we use it
+		 * AMD, like Intel's MWAIT version, supports the EAX hint and
+		 * EAX=0xf0 means, do not enter any deep C-state and we use it
 		 * here in delay() to minimize wakeup latency.
 		 */
 		__mwaitx(MWAITX_DISABLE_CSTATES, delay, MWAITX_ECX_TIMER_ENABLE);