diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index bb83b1c397aa..ccc1061b8b25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSC		(0*32+ 4) /* Time Stamp Counter */
 #define X86_FEATURE_MSR		(0*32+ 5) /* Model-Specific Registers */
 #define X86_FEATURE_PAE		(0*32+ 6) /* Physical Address Extensions */
-#define X86_FEATURE_MCE		(0*32+ 7) /* Machine Check Architecture */
+#define X86_FEATURE_MCE		(0*32+ 7) /* Machine Check Exception */
 #define X86_FEATURE_CX8		(0*32+ 8) /* CMPXCHG8 instruction */
 #define X86_FEATURE_APIC	(0*32+ 9) /* Onboard APIC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SEP		(0*32+11) /* SYSENTER/SYSEXIT */