diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c b/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
index dd2819a12c79c2334f2191b498b19812308e9237..46babe00fac017274b297ac3a02b2091465ed85c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
@@ -238,8 +238,11 @@ int disable_interrupts(void)
 {
 	long flags;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	asm volatile ("pushfq ; popq %0 ; cli\n" : "=g" (flags) : );
+#else
 	asm volatile ("pushfl ; popl %0 ; cli\n" : "=g" (flags) : );
-
+#endif
 	return flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF;
 }