diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/CMakeLists.txt
index bae27a4de15..4fef61d7e56 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ if(ARCH MATCHES arm)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# for VS 2012 we need to explicitly disable SSE
-if (MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1699 AND ARCH MATCHES i386)
-        add_definitions(/arch:IA32)
-endif ()
-
 list(APPEND FREELDR_COMMON_SOURCE
     cmdline.c
     debug.c
diff --git a/reactos/cmake/msvc.cmake b/reactos/cmake/msvc.cmake
index 10de5908544..6d6d2f81412 100644
--- a/reactos/cmake/msvc.cmake
+++ b/reactos/cmake/msvc.cmake
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ add_definitions(/Dinline=__inline /D__STDC__=1)
 
 add_compile_flags("/X /GR- /GS- /Zl /W3")
 
+# HACK: for VS 11+ we need to explicitly disable SSE, which is off by
+# default for older compilers. See bug #7174
+if (MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1699 AND ARCH MATCHES i386)
+    add_compile_flags("/arch:IA32")
+endif ()
+
 # C4700 is almost always likely to result in broken code, so mark it as an error
 add_compile_flags("/we4700")