Index: kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h	(revision c18e666457af2dee7b1e5d5be66a683f42f252eb)
+++ kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h	(revision 5b9d80c56d80e68effc3f00989122a73cffa4af0)
@@ -116,7 +116,5 @@
 	asm volatile (
 		"0:\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_HT
 		"pause\n"
-#endif
 		"mov %[count], %[tmp]\n"
 		"testq %[tmp], %[tmp]\n"