diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 76c61154ed50..5912859df533 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
-	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
+	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC		if ACPI
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
index d241fbd5c87b..83ec9b1d77cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ static inline void flush_write_buffers(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-#define ARCH_MEMREMAP_PMEM MEMREMAP_WB
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 extern void native_io_delay(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h
index a3a0df6545ee..5111f1f053a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/special_insns.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
+#define ARCH_MEMREMAP_PMEM MEMREMAP_WB
 /**
  * arch_memcpy_to_pmem - copy data to persistent memory
  * @dst: destination buffer for the copy
@@ -141,18 +142,13 @@ static inline void arch_clear_pmem(void __pmem *addr, size_t size)
 	__arch_wb_cache_pmem(vaddr, size);
 }
 
-static inline bool arch_has_wmb_pmem(void)
+static inline bool __arch_has_wmb_pmem(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	/*
 	 * We require that wmb() be an 'sfence', that is only guaranteed on
 	 * 64-bit builds
 	 */
 	return static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCOMMIT);
-#else
-	return false;
-#endif
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API */
-
 #endif /* __ASM_X86_PMEM_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
index 7c2638f914a9..c3fe20635562 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_region_enable(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (!arch_has_pmem_api() && !nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush)
+	if (!arch_has_wmb_pmem() && !nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush)
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 
 	if (mmio->line_size == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 3b5b9cb758b6..20bf122328da 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static struct pmem_device *pmem_alloc(struct device *dev,
 
 	pmem->phys_addr = res->start;
 	pmem->size = resource_size(res);
-	if (!arch_has_pmem_api())
+	if (!arch_has_wmb_pmem())
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size,
diff --git a/include/linux/pmem.h b/include/linux/pmem.h
index a9d84bf335ee..9ec42710315e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/pmem.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
 #include <asm/pmem.h>
 #else
-static inline void arch_wmb_pmem(void)
-{
-	BUG();
-}
-
-static inline bool arch_has_wmb_pmem(void)
+/*
+ * These are simply here to enable compilation, all call sites gate
+ * calling these symbols with arch_has_pmem_api() and redirect to the
+ * implementation in asm/pmem.h.
+ */
+static inline bool __arch_has_wmb_pmem(void)
 {
 	return false;
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ static inline void arch_clear_pmem(void __pmem *addr, size_t size)
  * implementations for arch_memcpy_to_pmem(), arch_wmb_pmem(),
  * arch_copy_from_iter_pmem(), arch_clear_pmem() and arch_has_wmb_pmem().
  */
-
 static inline void memcpy_from_pmem(void *dst, void __pmem const *src, size_t size)
 {
 	memcpy(dst, (void __force const *) src, size);
@@ -64,8 +63,13 @@ static inline void memunmap_pmem(struct device *dev, void __pmem *addr)
 	devm_memunmap(dev, (void __force *) addr);
 }
 
+static inline bool arch_has_pmem_api(void)
+{
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API);
+}
+
 /**
- * arch_has_pmem_api - true if wmb_pmem() ensures durability
+ * arch_has_wmb_pmem - true if wmb_pmem() ensures durability
  *
  * For a given cpu implementation within an architecture it is possible
  * that wmb_pmem() resolves to a nop.  In the case this returns
@@ -73,9 +77,9 @@ static inline void memunmap_pmem(struct device *dev, void __pmem *addr)
  * fall back to a different data consistency model, or otherwise notify
  * the user.
  */
-static inline bool arch_has_pmem_api(void)
+static inline bool arch_has_wmb_pmem(void)
 {
-	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API) && arch_has_wmb_pmem();
+	return arch_has_pmem_api() && __arch_has_wmb_pmem();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -158,8 +162,10 @@ static inline void memcpy_to_pmem(void __pmem *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
  */
 static inline void wmb_pmem(void)
 {
-	if (arch_has_pmem_api())
+	if (arch_has_wmb_pmem())
 		arch_wmb_pmem();
+	else
+		wmb();
 }
 
 /**
