Index: kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h	(revision c2417bcc6cc9caba6dca867e322c9cc5723b35f4)
+++ kernel/arch/amd64/include/atomic.h	(revision c00589d744b4c2f8becc2dd1223b865d10f1e238)
@@ -116,7 +116,5 @@
 	asm volatile (
 		"0:\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_HT
 		"pause\n"
-#endif
 		"mov %[count], %[tmp]\n"
 		"testq %[tmp], %[tmp]\n"