diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index d400b6d9d246..d9314cc8b81f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -734,10 +734,10 @@ static void flush_tlb_func(void *info)
 	const struct flush_tlb_info *f = info;
 	struct mm_struct *loaded_mm = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm);
 	u32 loaded_mm_asid = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm_asid);
-	u64 mm_tlb_gen = atomic64_read(&loaded_mm->context.tlb_gen);
 	u64 local_tlb_gen = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.ctxs[loaded_mm_asid].tlb_gen);
 	bool local = smp_processor_id() == f->initiating_cpu;
 	unsigned long nr_invalidate = 0;
+	u64 mm_tlb_gen;
 
 	/* This code cannot presently handle being reentered. */
 	VM_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
@@ -771,6 +771,22 @@ static void flush_tlb_func(void *info)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (f->new_tlb_gen <= local_tlb_gen) {
+		/*
+		 * The TLB is already up to date in respect to f->new_tlb_gen.
+		 * While the core might be still behind mm_tlb_gen, checking
+		 * mm_tlb_gen unnecessarily would have negative caching effects
+		 * so avoid it.
+		 */
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Defer mm_tlb_gen reading as long as possible to avoid cache
+	 * contention.
+	 */
+	mm_tlb_gen = atomic64_read(&loaded_mm->context.tlb_gen);
+
 	if (unlikely(local_tlb_gen == mm_tlb_gen)) {
 		/*
 		 * There's nothing to do: we're already up to date.  This can