diff --git a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
index 6e43c53..95bd2dd 100644
--- a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
+++ b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ struct cpu_id_t* get_cached_cpuid(void)
 	static int initialized = 0;
 	static struct cpu_id_t id;
 	if (initialized) return &id;
-	if (cpu_identify(NULL, &id))
+	if (cpu_identify(NULL, &id) != ERR_OK) {
 		memset(&id, 0, sizeof(id));
+		id.architecture = ARCHITECTURE_UNKNOWN;
+		id.vendor       = VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
+	}
 	initialized = 1;
 	return &id;
 }