diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
index b0715c3ac18d..7f9ade13bbcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ ENTRY(wakeup_long64)
 	movq	saved_magic, %rax
 	movq	$0x123456789abcdef0, %rdx
 	cmpq	%rdx, %rax
-	jne	bogus_64_magic
+	je	2f
 
+	/* stop here on a saved_magic mismatch */
+	movq $0xbad6d61676963, %rcx
+1:
+	jmp 1b
+2:
 	movw	$__KERNEL_DS, %ax
 	movw	%ax, %ss	
 	movw	%ax, %ds
@@ -37,9 +42,6 @@ ENTRY(wakeup_long64)
 	jmp	*%rax
 ENDPROC(wakeup_long64)
 
-bogus_64_magic:
-	jmp	bogus_64_magic
-
 ENTRY(do_suspend_lowlevel)
 	FRAME_BEGIN
 	subq	$8, %rsp