diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
index efa4812..e57ac58 100755
--- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
+++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
@@ -2121,6 +2121,10 @@ check_variant2_linux()
 			if [ "$ibpb_enabled" = 2 ]; then
 				# if ibpb=2, ibrs is forcefully=0
 				pstatus blue NO "IBPB used instead of IBRS in all kernel entrypoints"
+			else
+			if [ ! "$cpuid_ibrs" = 'SPEC_CTRL' ] && [ ! "cpuid_ibrs" = 'IBRS_SUPPORT' ] && [ ! "cpuid_spec_ctrl" = -1 ]; then 
+				pstatus yellow NO; 
+				_debug "ibrs: known cpu not supporting SPEC-CTRL or IBRS"; 
 			else
 				# 0 means disabled
 				# 1 is enabled only for kernel space
@@ -2140,6 +2144,7 @@ check_variant2_linux()
 					*)	pstatus yellow UNKNOWN;;
 				esac
 			fi
+			fi
 		else
 			pstatus blue N/A "not testable in offline mode"
 		fi