diff --git a/src/arch/i386/include/ipxe/rdtsc_timer.h b/src/arch/i386/include/ipxe/rdtsc_timer.h
index 472e140..d5095a7 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/include/ipxe/rdtsc_timer.h
+++ b/src/arch/i386/include/ipxe/rdtsc_timer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ static inline __always_inline unsigned long
 TIMER_INLINE ( rdtsc, currticks ) ( void ) {
 	unsigned long ticks;
 
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ( "rdtsc\n\t"
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (
+			       "mfence\n\t"
+			       "rdtsc\n\t"
+			       "mfence\n\t"
 			       "shrdl %1, %%edx, %%eax\n\t"
 			       : "=a" ( ticks ) : "i" ( TSC_SHIFT ) : "edx" );
 	return ticks;