--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -864,6 +864,27 @@
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+static bool __init x86_has_x86_64_v3(void)
+{
+	return boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CX16) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LAHF_LM) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_POPCNT) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM3) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSSE3) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM4_1) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM4_2) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX2) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BMI1) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BMI2) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_F16C) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FMA) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MOVBE) &&
+	       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ABM);
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Determine if we were loaded by an EFI loader.  If so, then we have also been
  * passed the efi memmap, systab, etc., so we should use these data structures
@@ -931,6 +952,10 @@
 
 	idt_setup_early_traps();
 	early_cpu_init();
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	if (!x86_has_x86_64_v3())
+		panic("This kernel requires an x86_64-v3 CPU\n");
+#endif
 	jump_label_init();
 	static_call_init();
 	early_ioremap_init();