--- utils/cpuid.h	2010-07-05 17:43:17.000000000 +0200
+++ utils/cpuid.h	2016-10-13 22:31:26.988374329 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 #ifndef _CPUFREQ_CPUID_H
 #define _CPUFREQ_CPUID_H
 
+#if defined(__i386__) && defined(__PIC__)
+static inline void __cpuid(unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
+				unsigned int *ecx, unsigned int *edx)
+{
+	/* ecx is often an input as well as an output. */
+	asm volatile("xchgl\t%%ebx, %1\n\t" \
+	      "cpuid\n\t" \
+	      "xchgl\t%%ebx, %1"
+	    : "=a" (*eax),
+	      "=r" (*ebx),
+	      "=c" (*ecx),
+	      "=d" (*edx)
+	    : "0" (*eax), "2" (*ecx));
+}
+#else
 static inline void __cpuid(unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
 				unsigned int *ecx, unsigned int *edx)
 {
@@ -12,6 +27,8 @@
 	      "=d" (*edx)
 	    : "0" (*eax), "2" (*ecx));
 }
+#endif
+
 static inline void cpuid(unsigned int op,
 			 unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
 			 unsigned int *ecx, unsigned int *edx)