static void __init l1d_flush_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init gds_select_mitigation(void);
+static void __init gds_apply_mitigation(void);
 
 /* The base value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR without task-specific bits set */
 u64 x86_spec_ctrl_base;
        mmio_apply_mitigation();
        rfds_apply_mitigation();
        srbds_apply_mitigation();
+       gds_apply_mitigation();
 }
 
 /*
 
 enum gds_mitigations {
        GDS_MITIGATION_OFF,
+       GDS_MITIGATION_AUTO,
        GDS_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED,
        GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE,
        GDS_MITIGATION_FULL,
 };
 
 static enum gds_mitigations gds_mitigation __ro_after_init =
-       IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_GDS) ? GDS_MITIGATION_FULL : GDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
+       IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_GDS) ? GDS_MITIGATION_AUTO : GDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
 
 static const char * const gds_strings[] = {
        [GDS_MITIGATION_OFF]            = "Vulnerable",
        case GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE:
        case GDS_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED:
        case GDS_MITIGATION_HYPERVISOR:
+       case GDS_MITIGATION_AUTO:
                return;
        }
 
 
        if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
                gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_HYPERVISOR;
-               goto out;
+               return;
        }
 
        if (cpu_mitigations_off())
                gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
        /* Will verify below that mitigation _can_ be disabled */
 
+       if (gds_mitigation == GDS_MITIGATION_AUTO)
+               gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
+
        /* No microcode */
        if (!(x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_GDS_CTRL)) {
-               if (gds_mitigation == GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE) {
-                       /*
-                        * This only needs to be done on the boot CPU so do it
-                        * here rather than in update_gds_msr()
-                        */
-                       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX);
-                       pr_warn("Microcode update needed! Disabling AVX as mitigation.\n");
-               } else {
+               if (gds_mitigation != GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE)
                        gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED;
-               }
-               goto out;
+               return;
        }
 
        /* Microcode has mitigation, use it */
                 */
                gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_FULL_LOCKED;
        }
+}
+
+static void __init gds_apply_mitigation(void)
+{
+       if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_GDS))
+               return;
+
+       /* Microcode is present */
+       if (x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_GDS_CTRL)
+               update_gds_msr();
+       else if (gds_mitigation == GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE) {
+               /*
+                * This only needs to be done on the boot CPU so do it
+                * here rather than in update_gds_msr()
+                */
+               setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX);
+               pr_warn("Microcode update needed! Disabling AVX as mitigation.\n");
+       }
 
-       update_gds_msr();
-out:
        pr_info("%s\n", gds_strings[gds_mitigation]);
 }