diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index dc3b8b434fdc..a39019760d9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -424,6 +424,14 @@ static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void)
 	else
 		static_branch_enable(&mmio_stale_data_clear);
 
+	/*
+	 * If Processor-MMIO-Stale-Data bug is present and Fill Buffer data can
+	 * be propagated to uncore buffers, clearing the Fill buffers on idle
+	 * is required irrespective of SMT state.
+	 */
+	if (!(ia32_cap & ARCH_CAP_FBSDP_NO))
+		static_branch_enable(&mds_idle_clear);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if the system has the right microcode.
 	 *
@@ -1188,6 +1196,8 @@ static void update_indir_branch_cond(void)
 /* Update the static key controlling the MDS CPU buffer clear in idle */
 static void update_mds_branch_idle(void)
 {
+	u64 ia32_cap = x86_read_arch_cap_msr();
+
 	/*
 	 * Enable the idle clearing if SMT is active on CPUs which are
 	 * affected only by MSBDS and not any other MDS variant.
@@ -1199,10 +1209,12 @@ static void update_mds_branch_idle(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY))
 		return;
 
-	if (sched_smt_active())
+	if (sched_smt_active()) {
 		static_branch_enable(&mds_idle_clear);
-	else
+	} else if (mmio_mitigation == MMIO_MITIGATION_OFF ||
+		   (ia32_cap & ARCH_CAP_FBSDP_NO)) {
 		static_branch_disable(&mds_idle_clear);
+	}
 }
 
 #define MDS_MSG_SMT "MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.\n"