diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 337c52192278..440a948c4feb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
 	__u8			x86_phys_bits;
 	/* CPUID returned core id bits: */
 	__u8			x86_coreid_bits;
+
+	__u8			x86_cache_bits;
 	/* Max extended CPUID function supported: */
 	__u32			extended_cpuid_level;
 	/* Maximum supported CPUID level, -1=no CPUID: */
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ extern void cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
 static inline unsigned long long l1tf_pfn_limit(void)
 {
-	return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
 extern void early_cpu_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index b9e6b60df148..621bc6561189 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -634,6 +634,46 @@ void x86_spec_ctrl_setup_ap(void)
 
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"L1TF: " fmt
+
+/*
+ * These CPUs all support 44bits physical address space internally in the
+ * cache but CPUID can report a smaller number of physical address bits.
+ *
+ * The L1TF mitigation uses the top most address bit for the inversion of
+ * non present PTEs. When the installed memory reaches into the top most
+ * address bit due to memory holes, which has been observed on machines
+ * which report 36bits physical address bits and have 32G RAM installed,
+ * then the mitigation range check in l1tf_select_mitigation() triggers.
+ * This is a false positive because the mitigation is still possible due to
+ * the fact that the cache uses 44bit internally. Use the cache bits
+ * instead of the reported physical bits and adjust them on the affected
+ * machines to 44bit if the reported bits are less than 44.
+ */
+static void override_cache_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (c->x86 != 6)
+		return;
+
+	switch (c->x86_model) {
+	case INTEL_FAM6_NEHALEM:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_WESTMERE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SANDYBRIDGE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_ULT:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_GT3E:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE:
+	case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+		if (c->x86_cache_bits < 44)
+			c->x86_cache_bits = 44;
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 {
 	u64 half_pa;
@@ -641,16 +681,13 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF))
 		return;
 
+	override_cache_bits(&boot_cpu_data);
+
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 2
 	pr_warn("Kernel not compiled for PAE. No mitigation for L1TF\n");
 	return;
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * This is extremely unlikely to happen because almost all
-	 * systems have far more MAX_PA/2 than RAM can be fit into
-	 * DIMM slots.
-	 */
 	half_pa = (u64)l1tf_pfn_limit() << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (e820_any_mapped(half_pa, ULLONG_MAX - half_pa, E820_RAM)) {
 		pr_warn("System has more than MAX_PA/2 memory. L1TF mitigation not effective.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 4d3fa79c0f09..b12c0287d6cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -798,6 +798,8 @@ void get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		c->x86_phys_bits = 36;
 #endif
 
+	c->x86_cache_bits = c->x86_phys_bits;
+
 	if (c->extended_cpuid_level >= 0x8000000a)
 		c->x86_capability[CPUID_8000_000A_EDX] = cpuid_edx(0x8000000a);