Please pick this fix for 4.4-stable: commit 9de29eac8d2189424d81c0d840cd0469aa3d41c8 Author: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Feb 14 10:14:17 2018 +0300 x86/spectre: Fix an error message (It has already been applied to your later branches.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.