diff -Nur a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.c
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.c	2014-09-07 10:09:09.000000000 +0200
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.c	2014-12-03 13:00:41.073574561 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 
 static void
-get_common_indeces (unsigned int *family, unsigned int *model)
+get_common_indeces (unsigned int *family, unsigned int *model, unsigned int *stepping)
 {
   __cpuid (1, __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_1].eax,
 	   __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_1].ebx,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   unsigned int eax = __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_1].eax;
   *family = (eax >> 8) & 0x0f;
   *model = (eax >> 4) & 0x0f;
+  *stepping = eax & 0x0f;
 }
 
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
   unsigned int edx;
   unsigned int family = 0;
   unsigned int model = 0;
+  unsigned int stepping = 0;
   enum cpu_features_kind kind;
 
   __cpuid (0, __cpu_features.max_cpuid, ebx, ecx, edx);
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
     {
       kind = arch_kind_intel;
 
-      get_common_indeces (&family, &model);
+      get_common_indeces (&family, &model, &stepping);
 
       unsigned int eax = __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_1].eax;
       unsigned int extended_family = (eax >> 20) & 0xff;
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@
     {
       kind = arch_kind_amd;
 
-      get_common_indeces (&family, &model);
+      get_common_indeces (&family, &model, &stepping);
 
       ecx = __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_1].ecx;
 
@@ -179,6 +181,14 @@
 	}
     }
 
+  /* Disable Intel TSX (HLE and RTM) due to erratum HSD136/HSW136
+     on Haswell processors, to work around outdated microcode that
+     doesn't disable the broken feature by default */
+  if (kind == arch_kind_intel && family == 6 &&
+      ((model == 63 && stepping <= 2) || (model == 60 && stepping <= 3) ||
+       (model == 69 && stepping <= 1) || (model == 70 && stepping <= 1)))
+    __cpu_features.cpuid[COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7].ebx &= ~(bit_RTM | bit_HLE);
+
   __cpu_features.family = family;
   __cpu_features.model = model;
   atomic_write_barrier ();
diff -Nur a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.h
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.h	2014-09-07 10:09:09.000000000 +0200
+++ /bsysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/init-arch.h	2014-12-03 13:01:27.103574530 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 /* COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7.  */
 #define bit_RTM		(1 << 11)
+#define bit_HLE		(1 << 4)
 #define bit_AVX2	(1 << 5)
 
 /* XCR0 Feature flags.  */